Port to Hugo? Many people over there love minimalist themes too. I personally think Hugo will overtake Jekyll in terms of popularity for static site generation. But I love the theme, well done!
I think this is something the author of the article should consider, not the author of the theme. Reasonable interspersed images and segments will make the article look more beautiful.
I absolutely adore slab serif and Bitter in particular. It's so clear and punchy. It's good on display, on print and on kindle and it's free too.
The only downside I think is that people are sometimes distracted because they're not quite used to and surprised by something that is so ... readable!
I moved 4 of my business and family websites to jekyll this summer, the process isn't too terrible actually[1], especially if you're okay hosting on Github.
A tiny remark - because post dates in the listing on the home page have different lengths (Mar is longer than Apr), titles to their right aren't correctly aligned.
Note that people's definitions of what constitutes a minimalist/no-nonsense theme seem to differ, with some emphasizing appearance, others dependencies and elegance of the generated code.
I hope that users can realize that it is not the layout and interface of a blog that can enrich it, but the continuous sharing and high-quality content that never stops updating. That is what minimalist/no-nonsense, we should pay attention to the nature of things and keep moving.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for actually having screenshots of your theme. I can’t tell you how often I’ve seen themes or color schemes on GitHub (for a blogging platform, for a code editor, for some random plugin supporting app) that have absolutely no screenshots. I have no idea why someone would put time and effort into developing a theme/color scheme (or even porting one from another app/context) and then not post screenshots, but it’s very common.
Always love seeing new Jekyll themes focused on content and readability.
I released a minimal CSS "framework" not too long ago based on that concept as well (although not Jekyll based) - https://bradleytaunt.com/typesafe-css/
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Gatsbyjs uses react templates.
When do you estimate that will happen and why do you think it will?
What's the thinking behind the Bitter font? I thought it was monospaced for a minute, which would've been cool.
May I recommend spacing out the lines? The usual rule of thumb is 1.5x spacing vs. line height.
More examples with photos and figures in various sizes would help users who are picking out the theme.
I also went for something minimal for my blog. Here's a comparable page: https://shan.io/writing/
The only downside I think is that people are sometimes distracted because they're not quite used to and surprised by something that is so ... readable!
https://www.gatsbyjs.org/
[1]: https://dsheldon.com/technology/github%20pages/jekyll/2019/0...
I created a minimalist css microframework a few months back : https://concrete.style
Edit: Fixed
(https://www.ecalamia.com/static/css/style.css)
A tiny remark - because post dates in the listing on the home page have different lengths (Mar is longer than Apr), titles to their right aren't correctly aligned.
Here is my minimalist css microframework : https://concrete.style
Note that people's definitions of what constitutes a minimalist/no-nonsense theme seem to differ, with some emphasizing appearance, others dependencies and elegance of the generated code.
https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks
+1, also like how clean this theme is. Worships whitespace too.
I released a minimal CSS "framework" not too long ago based on that concept as well (although not Jekyll based) - https://bradleytaunt.com/typesafe-css/
I might include typesafe-css into it as well, if I ever get to it
On https://www.polibyte.com/ I'm happily using https://github.com/johno/pixyll which has a similar aesthetic.