Elegant serif typography theme for MarkEdit Preview - Playfair Display headings, centered titles with decorative underlines, responsive layout. Custom CSS stylesheet for macOS markdown editor.

README.md

Elegant Document Theme for MarkEdit Preview

A clean, serif typography theme for MarkEdit preview extension with centered headings and decorative accents.

Installation

1. Download preview.css

2. Move it to MarkEdit's styles folder:

   mv preview.css ~/Library/Containers/app.cyan.markedit/Data/Documents/styles/
   

3. Restart MarkEdit

Requirements

• MarkEdit 1.24.0+
• https://github.com/MarkEdit-app/MarkEdit-preview

preview.css

/* Elegant document typography for MarkEdit Preview */

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Playfair+Display:wght@400;500;600&family=Source+Serif+4:ital,wght@0,400;0,600;1,400&display=swap');

.markdown-body {
  font-family: "Source Serif 4", "Charter", "Georgia", serif;
  font-size: 17px;
  line-height: 1.8;
  color: #333;
  max-width: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 3rem calc((100% - 700px) / 2);
  background: #fff;
  min-height: 100vh;
}

@media (max-width: 900px) {
  .markdown-body {
    padding: 2.5rem 3rem;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 600px) {
  .markdown-body {
    padding: 2rem 1.5rem;
    font-size: 16px;
  }
}

/* Headings */
.markdown-body h1,
.markdown-body h2,
.markdown-body h3,
.markdown-body h4,
.markdown-body h5,
.markdown-body h6 {
  font-family: "Playfair Display", "Georgia", "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: 0.01em;
  color: #1a1a1a;
}

/* H1 - Document title */
.markdown-body h1 {
  font-size: 2.8em;
  text-align: center;
  margin: 1.5em 0 1em;
  line-height: 1.2;
  border-bottom: none;
  padding-bottom: 0;
}

/* H2 - Section headers with centered underline */
.markdown-body h2 {
  font-size: 1.8em;
  text-align: center;
  margin: 2em 0 1em;
  padding-bottom: 0.6em;
  border-bottom: none;
  position: relative;
}

.markdown-body h2::after {
  content: "";
  display: block;
  width: 80px;
  height: 2px;
  background: #c9a66b;
  margin: 0.5em auto 0;
}

/* H3 */
.markdown-body h3 {
  font-size: 1.4em;
  margin: 1.5em 0 0.75em;
}

/* H4 */
.markdown-body h4 {
  font-size: 1.2em;
  font-weight: 500;
  margin: 1.25em 0 0.5em;
}

/* Paragraphs */
.markdown-body p {
  margin: 1em 0;
  text-align: left;
}

/* Bold */
.markdown-body strong {
  font-weight: 600;
}

/* Links */
.markdown-body a {
  color: #8b5a2b;
  text-decoration: underline;
  text-decoration-color: transparent;
  text-underline-offset: 3px;
  text-decoration-thickness: 1px;
  transition: text-decoration-color 0.2s;
}

.markdown-body a:hover {
  text-decoration-color: #8b5a2b;
}

/* Lists */
.markdown-body ul,
.markdown-body ol {
  padding-left: 1.5em;
  margin: 1em 0;
}

.markdown-body li {
  margin: 0.4em 0;
}

/* Blockquotes */
.markdown-body blockquote {
  border-left: 3px solid #c9a66b;
  padding-left: 1.25em;
  margin: 1.5em 0;
  color: #555;
  font-style: italic;
}

/* Code blocks */
.markdown-body pre {
  font-family: "SF Mono", "Menlo", "Monaco", monospace;
  font-size: 0.9em;
  background: #f8f8f8;
  border-radius: 4px;
  padding: 1em;
  overflow-x: auto;
}

/* Inline code */
.markdown-body code {
  font-family: "SF Mono", "Menlo", "Monaco", monospace;
  font-size: 0.9em;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);
  padding: 0.15em 0.4em;
  border-radius: 3px;
}

.markdown-body pre code {
  background: none;
  padding: 0;
}

/* Horizontal rule */
.markdown-body hr {
  border: none;
  height: 2px;
  background: #c9a66b;
  width: 100px;
  margin: 2.5em auto;
}

/* Tables */
.markdown-body table {
  border-collapse: collapse;
  width: 100%;
  margin: 1.5em 0;
}

.markdown-body th,
.markdown-body td {
  border: 1px solid #ddd;
  padding: 0.75em 1em;
  text-align: left;
}

.markdown-body th {
  background: #f8f8f8;
  font-weight: 600;
}

/* Dark Mode */
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  html, body {
    background: #111 !important;
  }

  .markdown-body {
    background: #1a1a1a;
    color: #e0e0e0;
  }

  .markdown-body h1,
  .markdown-body h2,
  .markdown-body h3,
  .markdown-body h4,
  .markdown-body h5,
  .markdown-body h6 {
    color: #f0f0f0;
  }

  .markdown-body h2::after {
    background: #d4a574;
  }

  .markdown-body a {
    color: #d4a574;
  }

  .markdown-body a:hover {
    text-decoration-color: #d4a574;
  }

  .markdown-body blockquote {
    border-left-color: #d4a574;
    color: #aaa;
  }

  .markdown-body pre {
    background: #2a2a2a;
  }

  .markdown-body code {
    background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);
  }

  .markdown-body hr {
    background: #d4a574;
  }

  .markdown-body table {
    border-color: #333;
  }

  .markdown-body th,
  .markdown-body td {
    border-color: #333;
  }

  .markdown-body th {
    background: #2a2a2a;
  }
}