Cozy Journal

Cozy Journal

A warm, dark journaling theme for Obsidian. Pure black background, warm amber accents, serif reading font, and Notion-style gradient banners — no plugins required.

Version: 1.2.0 · Author: OmShirse · License: MIT

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✨ Features

• Pure black (#000000) background — easy on the eyes
• Warm amber/brown accent palette (#b5732f → #e0a458)
• Serif font (Georgia / Iowan Old Style) for cozy long-form journaling
• JetBrains Mono / Fira Code for code blocks
• Tiered heading colors — H1–H6 each have a distinct warm amber shade
• Redesigned sidebar — rounded file/folder tiles with hover highlights
• Redesigned tabs — rounded corners, amber active state
• Styled status bar — minimal, muted
• Rounded blockquotes — italic, amber left border
• Rounded code blocks — dark background with border
• Amber pill tags — bold and compact
• Custom scrollbars — slim, rounded, amber on hover
• Justified text — in both Reading View and Live Preview
• Custom list bullets — ◈ diamond icon in accent color
• Hover image zoom — images scale up smoothly on hover with rounded borders
• Hidden frontmatter box — properties panel hidden by default for a cleaner look
• Notion-style banners — colored gradient header per note, no plugin needed
• Respects "Readable line length" — max 720px centered; full-width when disabled
• Canvas node defaults — 360×260px default canvas node size

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🚀 Installation

1. Download manifest.json and theme.css
2. In your vault, create the folder: .obsidian/themes/Cozy Journal/
3. Place both files inside
4. In Obsidian: Settings → Appearance → Themes → select Cozy Journal

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🎨 Banners

Add a colored gradient banner to any note — no plugin required:

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cssclasses: banner-1
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🛠 Customization

Edit CSS variables at the top of theme.css to tweak the look:

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📄 License

MIT