A charming Jekyll theme.
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title: Formatting Showcase
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author: arthur
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tags:
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- meta
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---
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This post exercises the theme's text formatting so you can see how everything looks together.
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## Headings
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# Heading 1
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## Heading 2
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### Heading 3
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## Prose
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Regular paragraph text sits at `1.125rem` with a line-height of `1.65`. It should be comfortable to read at length without feeling either cramped or too airy. Links [look like this](#) and are underlined by default.
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**Bold text** and *italic text* and `inline code` all work as expected. So does ~~strikethrough~~.
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## Lists
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Unordered:
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- First item
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- Second item
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- Nested item
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- Another nested item
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- Third item
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Ordered:
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1. Write the first draft
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2. Let it sit overnight
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3. Edit with fresh eyes
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4. Publish
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## Blockquote
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> Typography is what language looks like.
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> — Ellen Lupton
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## Code block
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```ruby
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module Jekyll
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class LinkPost < Generator
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def generate(site)
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site.posts.docs.each do |post|
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next unless post.data["source"]
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# fetch metadata and enrich the post
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end
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end
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end
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end
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```
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## Table
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| Feature | Supported |
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| RSS Feed | Yes |
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| JSON Feed | Yes |
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| Dark mode | Via `theme.css` |
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| Pagination | Yes |
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| Archives | Yes |
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## Horizontal rule
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That covers the basics.
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title: Typography and the Web
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author: arthur
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tags:
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- design
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- css
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---
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Web typography has a reputation for being hard to get right. In practice, most of the work comes down to a handful of decisions made early: a readable typeface, a comfortable line length, and enough vertical rhythm that the page feels settled rather than cramped.
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## Line length
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The classic guidance is 45–75 characters per line for body text. Much shorter and the eye is constantly wrapping; much longer and it struggles to track from the end of one line to the start of the next. This site keeps body text at around 420px, which lands in that range for most screen sizes.
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## Vertical rhythm
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Spacing between elements should feel consistent — not identical, but *proportional*. Setting a base unit (say, `1rem` or `1.5rem`) and deriving margins and padding from it keeps things coherent without needing to hand-tune every element.
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## Typefaces
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Linus ships with [Atkinson Hyperlegible](https://brailleinstitute.org/freefont), a typeface developed by the Braille Institute with legibility as the primary goal. Each character is designed to be as distinct as possible — helpful for anyone with low vision, and quietly pleasant for everyone else.
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```css
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body {
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font-family: "Atkinson Hyperlegible", system-ui, sans-serif;
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font-size: 1.125rem;
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line-height: 1.65;
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}
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```
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The numbers are less important than the intention: make the text comfortable to read for a long stretch.
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- Notes
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Switched from using `bundle exec` prefixes everywhere to setting `BUNDLE_BIN` in my shell config. Saves a few keystrokes per command, which adds up over a day of development. Small quality-of-life things compound.
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_posts/2026-03-15-link-post-demo.md
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title: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Plain Text
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author: arthur
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categories:
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- Links
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source: https://www.plaintextproject.com/
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tags:
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- writing
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- tools
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---
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A good overview of why plain text continues to outlast every productivity format that's come and gone. The point about longevity is the one that sticks: a `.txt` file written in 1985 still opens today without any compatibility dance.
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layout: post
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title: On Writing with Plain Text
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author: arthur
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tags:
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- writing
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- tools
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There's something clarifying about writing in a format that has no toolbar. Markdown strips away the surface-level decision-making — bold or italic, which heading size, what font — and forces the question back to what the sentence is actually doing.
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I've been writing in plain text for years now. Everything from notes to long drafts lives in `.md` files, version-controlled, backed up, portable across every device and editor I'll ever use. The format will still open in 2040.
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The tradeoff is that rich media requires a bit more intention. Embedding a video or adding a caption to an image takes a line of HTML, not a drag-and-drop. I've come to see that friction as a feature. It slows me down enough to ask whether the thing I'm adding actually belongs there.
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> The best writing tools are the ones that disappear while you work.
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I keep coming back to this idea. A tool that stays invisible is one you've stopped fighting with. For me, that's a plain text file and a consistent publishing workflow. It might be something else entirely for you.
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layout: post
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title: Welcome to Linus
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author: arthur
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tags:
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- jekyll
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- blogging
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Linus is a minimal Jekyll theme built for personal blogs. It's designed to get out of the way and let the writing breathe — no heavy JavaScript, no complex build pipelines, just a Gemfile and a text editor.
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## What's included
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Out of the box you get:
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- **Pagination** — posts are listed 12 per page
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- **Archives** — browseable by tag, category, month, and year
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- **Feeds** — both RSS and JSON Feed are generated automatically
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- **Link posts** — share links with optional commentary and rich previews
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- **Multi-author support** — define authors in `_data/authors.yml`
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- **SEO tags** — `jekyll-seo-tag` handles meta and Open Graph
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## Getting started
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Install the gem and add it to your `_config.yml`:
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```yaml
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theme: linus
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```
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Then run:
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```bash
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bundle install
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bundle exec jekyll serve
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```
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Your site will be live at `http://localhost:4000`.
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## Customization
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Drop a `assets/css/theme.css` into your site to override any styles — it's loaded last. You can also add `_includes/head.html`, `_includes/below-post.html`, or `_includes/end.html` to inject content at specific spots in the layout without touching theme files.