https://github.com/chrisphu/obsidian-jetbrains-mono-css-snippet

An Obsidian CSS snippet for setting monospace font to JetBrains Mono
https://github.com/chrisphu/obsidian-jetbrains-mono-css-snippet

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An Obsidian CSS snippet for setting monospace font to JetBrains Mono

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/chrisphu/obsidian-jetbrains-mono-css-snippet
• Owner: chrisphu
• License: unlicense
• Created: 2024-06-04T03:02:10.000Z (8 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-09-11T22:27:05.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-26T20:44:09.645Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: css, font, obsidian, obsidian-md, snippet, stylesheet, stylesheets
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• Size: 250 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Obsidian JetBrains Mono CSS Snippet

[jetbrains-mono-font-monospace-theme.css](jetbrains-mono-font-monospace-theme.css) is an [Obsidian CSS snippet](https://help.obsidian.md/Extending+Obsidian/CSS+snippets) that sets Obsidian's monospace font to [JetBrains Mono](https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono).

![Lorem ipsum example with JetBrains Mono for monospace](lorem-ipsum-example.png)

## How to use

> [!note]

> The following instructions written for Windows desktop. They are likely similar on other platforms but have not been tested.

To use the CSS snippet:

1. In Obsidian, open **Settings**.

2. Under **Appearance → CSS snippets**, click **Open snippets folder** (folder icon).

3. In the opened snippets folder, copy in [jetbrains-mono-font-monospace-theme.css](jetbrains-mono-font-monospace-theme.css).

4. In Obsidian, under **Appearance → CSS snippets**, click **Reload snippets** (refresh icon).

5. To the right of the new **jetbrains-mono-font-monospace-theme** entry, click the toggle to enable the snippet.

## FAQ

### You can already set the font in Obsidian's settings. When is this useful?

This CSS snippet is useful when:

1. You use [Obsidian Sync](https://obsidian.md/sync) to sync settings (notably CSS snippets) across multiple devices; and

2. You want to ensure the same font is displayed correctly regardless of which fonts are actually installed on your devices.

### How can I change the font to something else?

A tool such as https://transfonter.org can be used to Base64 encode a font. Base64 encoding the font produces a CSS file where the font data is embedded within a `@font-face` definition.

The `@font-face` definition in [jetbrains-mono-font-monospace-theme.css](jetbrains-mono-font-monospace-theme.css) needs to be replaced with your new definition and the `--font-monospace-theme` definition in the `body` element needs to be updated:

```css

body {

    --font-monospace-theme: 'NEW FONT NAME';

}

```

### How can I have this also change the text font and the interface font?

Obsidian has a few [intrinsic site font CSS variables](https://docs.obsidian.md/Reference/CSS+variables/Publish/Site+fonts) including `--font-monospace-theme`. New definitions for `--font-text-theme` and `--font-interface-theme` need to be included in the `body` element of [jetbrains-mono-font-monospace-theme.css](jetbrains-mono-font-monospace-theme.css):

```css

body {

    --font-text-theme: 'JetBrains Mono';

    --font-monospace-theme: 'JetBrains Mono';

    --font-interface-theme: 'JetBrains Mono';

}

```

## Licensing and attributions

This repo has an [Unlicense license](LICENSE) as I've only really aggregated data rather than producing something novel.

This repo also includes the [JetBrains Mono's OFL.txt](JetBrainsMonoOFL.txt) which is copied from https://github.com/JetBrains/JetBrainsMono/blob/master/OFL.txt.