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Michael Andreuzza
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Serendipity Theme, adapted for retina displays.

Serendipity.

Serendipity Theme

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Installation

  1. Open Extensions sidebar panel in VS Code. View → Extensions
  2. Search for serendipity
  3. Click Install to install it.
  4. Code > Preferences > Color Theme > serendipity-light - serendipity-dark - serendipity-dark-italic - serendipity-light-italic
  5. Optional: Use the recommended settings below for best experience

Recommended Settings

{
  // This is are my personal prefferences.
  "editor.fontFamily": "'IBM Plex Mono', monospace",
  "editor.fontSize": 18,
  "editor.lineHeight": 38,
  "editor.letterSpacing": 0.5,
  "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
  "editor.fontWeight": "normal",
  "prettier.eslintIntegration": true,
  "editor.cursorStyle": "line",
  "editor.cursorWidth": 5,
  "editor.cursorBlinking": "phase",
  "editor.renderWhitespace": "all",
}
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Colours

I have worked towards a color palette that would feel fine on the eyes when using retina screens, this color combination made it possible, thanks to the pastel colors used on dark mode instead of "neonish".

The theme is available for editors, shells, UI's and more coming up.

Available Options

  • Dark
  • Dark Italics
  • Dark Low Contrast
  • Light
  • Light Italics
  • Light Low Contrast

Jetbrains

Slack:

  • Dark
  • Light

Linear App:

  • Light
  • Dark

iTerm:

  • Light
  • Dark

Firefox:

  • Light
  • Dark

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Feedback

Anything you wonder just contact me, @mike_andreuzza on twitter.

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