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New Dracula Preview theme and Total Word count plugin
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  Rick Strahl
  Guy
  Apr 30, 2026 @ 02:39pm

Nice... very cool. Thanks for sharing.

To be clear though, there are a couple of dark preview themes included in the default install:

  • Blackout
  • GitHub Dark

Might be a good idea to create a shared GitHub repo that includes a few additional themes...

I have a Blue Lagoon custom theme I use that's use similar background:

Also noticed you're using CSS variables which would be good to update all the themes with at some point - the original themes pre-date support for those.

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  Guy
  Guy
  Apr 30, 2026 @ 05:44pm

Thanks! That blue theme looks nice! Can I try that one?

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  Rick Strahl
  Guy
  May 1, 2026 @ 06:49am

I added a Themes folder to the Markdown Monster Repo:

Maybe add your Dracula Theme here as well?

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  Guy
  Rick Strahl
  May 6, 2026 @ 12:20pm

Sure...how do I add it?

I like that blue theme, I got inspired and created something like it also. I don't think I should share it as it uses a custom font Questa, which I like to use for print because it has cool ligatures for certain letters. But check it out.

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  Rick Strahl
  Guy
  May 7, 2026 @ 09:22am

What's the header font you're using in this?

Re: Sharing

If you want to share a theme - as long as it's self contained (ie. fonts if public can be shared in the theme folder) - you can create a Pull Request for the Markdown Monster repo and just add your custom theme at the same level as the Blue Lagoon theme.

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  Guy
  Rick Strahl
  May 9, 2026 @ 12:04pm

The header font is Questa Slab, part of the same font family. The body text is Questa Sans.

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  Rick Strahl
  Guy
  May 9, 2026 @ 12:07pm

Key question is whether you can redistribute it legally on GitHub as part of the theme. If not, then can't be shared...

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  Guy
  Guy
  May 9, 2026 @ 12:09pm

You are right, I'm not going to share it. It's a commercial font, you have to pay for it. Maybe I can find another font with similar eccentric ligatures.

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