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# LCARS — an Obsidian theme
# LCARS-Inspired Obsidian theme
*Take notes like a member of Starfleet.*
A minimalist Obsidian theme inspired by the **LCARS** (Library Computer Access/Retrieval System) interface design language created by Michael Okuda for *Star Trek: The Next Generation*. True-black canvas, elbow-framed panels, pill geometry, and a restrained two-hue accent system — immersion that never costs you readability.
A minimalist Obsidian theme inspired by the **LCARS** (Library Computer Access/Retrieval System) interface design language created by Michael Okuda for *Star Trek: The Next Generation*. True-black canvas, elbow-framed panels, pill geometry, and a restrained two-hue accent system.
![Theme screenshot](screenshot.png)
## Design principles
- **The writing surface stays clean.** Color and ornament live in the chrome, never under your text.
- **Two working hues.** Orange (`#ff9c00`) marks structure — frames, headings, tags, the active file. Periwinkle (`#9c9cff`) marks interactivity — links, bold, selection, scrollbars, the caret's lilac cousin. Lilac, pale blue, and salmon play supporting roles.
- **Readability tiers.** Antonio (the canonical LCARS typeface, embedded in the theme nothing to install) appears only on large display text: the note title, H1, and H2. Smaller headings and labels step down to a softer condensed face; body text and small UI use your default fonts, untouched.
- **The writing surface stays clean.**
- **Two working hues.** Orange (`#ff9c00`) marks structural elements like frames, headings, tags, the active file. Periwinkle (`#9c9cff`) marks interactivity like links, bold, selection, and scrollbars. Lilac, pale blue, and salmon play supporting, decorative roles.
- **Readability tiers.** Antonio (the canonical LCARS typeface, embedded in the theme—nothing to install) appears only on large display text: the note title, H1, and H2. Smaller headings and labels step down to a softer condensed face while body text and small UI use your default fonts, untouched.
## Features
- **Elbow frames** every note pane opens with the classic Okuda elbow: an orange sweep with a periwinkle echo, drawn in pure CSS and click-transparent.
- **Elbow frames** every note pane opens with the classic Okuda-esque elbow: an orange sweep with a periwinkle echo, drawn in pure CSS and click-transparent.
- **A full LCARS standby console on the New Tab page** — a console popup floating over a procedurally generated "library scan" data-block stream, featuring the Obsidian gem redrawn as a glowing star constellation, a scanning header bar, a breathing standby light, pill-shaped actions, and a `SUBSPACE LINK • STANDBY` sign-off. All ambient motion respects your system's reduce-motion setting.
- **Ribbon color-block stack** — sidebar actions as solid LCARS color blocks with a hollow-pill settings cluster.
- **Console chrome throughout** — orange-ringed command palette and page previews, LCARS alert callouts with palette-mapped semantic colors, pill tags and checkboxes, segmented divider bars, a miniature elbow closing the status-bar corner, and a periwinkle-outlined Properties panel.
- **Dark mode only.** LCARS is a dark-room interface — the theme applies its black-canvas palette regardless of your base color scheme setting, so it looks correct even if Obsidian is set to light mode.
- **Dark mode only.** LCARS is a dark-room interface. The theme applies its black-canvas palette regardless of your base color scheme setting. Set your preferences to dark for the optimal expression of the theme.
- **Desktop Optimized** The theme is designed with a desktop in mind, and the quality of the theme on mobile cannot be guaranteed.
## Install