How a Page Is Compiled

A short walk through the compiler · form + function

Every styled note is wrapped in a scoped element — [data-templar-scope] — and receives exactly one generated stylesheet. Two panes showing the same note stay isolated from each other.

The scope in action

The generated CSS never touches body or global selectors. It opens with [data-templar-scope="templar-leaf-1"] and every rule descends from that root.

From frontmatter to pixels

templar:
  style-name: Bauhaus Review
  template-id: bauhaus-review
  paper:
    color: "#f3f0e5"
    pattern: graph
  baseline:
    enabled: true
    unit: 24
  typography:
    body-font: Futura, "Avenir Next", system-ui, sans-serif
    body-size: 15

The compiler measures real fonts, fits every element to the baseline grid, and emits one stylesheet — capped at 1 MiB for safety.

Safety boundary	Value
Generated stylesheet	1 MiB maximum
Custom CSS selectors	Validated, then rewritten under the scope
Unknown style versions	Refused — protected data fails closed
Network requests	None, ever

What the compiler does

Parses the note's templar block into a validated style.
Measures the body, all six headings, and code against real browser fonts.
Emits paper, typography, blocks, lists, images, and attachments as scoped CSS.
Compiles custom CSS last so it wins — still inside the scope.

Validation is not optional

Invalid selectors and unsafe values are rejected with an issue list, not silently rewritten. Protected data is never overwritten by a style upgrade.

The output

[data-templar-scope="templar-leaf-1"] .templar-page {
  background: #f3f0e5;
  color: #24292d;
  font-family: Futura, "Avenir Next", system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-size: 15px;
  line-height: 24px;
}

Scoped to one leaf
Real font metrics, not guesses
Baseline-aware after variable-height blocks

If you can read the compiled stylesheet, you can trust the page.

How a Page Is Compiled

Primary shapes, sharp grids, and functional geometric type.

TechnicalGraphInternals

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Night Shift Notes

Notes after dark · 01:47 · dark pages, fixed canvases, small screens

Some reading happens at night, on screens, at full focus. Dark & Neon styles keep a page structured with grids and neon ink instead of sunlight.

Two ways a page can behave

	Pageless	Paged
Flow	Reflows like a normal note	Fixed canvas, A4 or Letter
Narrow screens	Lines re-wrap	The whole sheet scales
Line breaks	Browser decides	Exactly where you placed them
Printing	Best-effort	Page-perfect

The paged contract

In paged mode the page keeps its stored width and height. When the pane narrows, the sheet scales as one unit — line breaks and page positions do not move.

A4     794 x 1123 px      scale-to-fit
Letter 816 x 1056 px      gaps aligned to the baseline grid
Custom any px pair       exported with the note

Print, mobile, sync

Print — fonts, images, and paper settle before the dialog opens.
Mobile — the same self-contained design renders in Obsidian mobile.
Sync — a three-way merge compares your applied snapshot, the updated source, and your local edits.

Review, don't overwrite

When a source style updates, Templar shows what changed instead of silently re-styling your note. Keep the safe parts; resolve the rest deliberately.

A dark page, up close

Field note, 01:47

The grid glows, the margins hold, and the words are exactly where I left them.

Choose a dark style from Dark & Neon.
Toggle Paged from the page-mode command.
Drag the pane narrow — watch the sheet scale, not reflow.

Even the darkest page keeps its ruler lines.

Night Shift Notes

Purple night, laser grids, and a blazing synthwave sunset.

Dark & NeonPagedMobile

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Templar Field Manual

Field Manual No. 01 · beta edition · last updated 14 Aug 2026

What I use this for

I keep a Templar style on the notes I read every day: the daily log, lecture summaries, and my study sheets. The design lives in one templar block at the top of the file, and the rest of the note stays plain Markdown.

What Templar is

Templar gives each note its own visual page design — paper, type, grids, and rules — while the note itself stays ordinary Markdown. The design travels with the file, and nothing about the writing changes.

Setup in three steps

Install the beta through BRAT (repo: K0g1/Templar).
Open any note and run Templar: Apply page style from the command palette.
Search with /, press Enter to apply.

Try before you commit

Clicking a style only previews it on the real note. Nothing is written until you press Apply.

Command map

Command	What it does
`Templar: Apply page style`	Attaches a style to the open note
`Templar: Browse page styles`	Opens the style library
`Templar: Toggle page mode`	Switches pageless and paged
`Templar: Print styled note`	Prepares paper and images for printing

What the design controls

Paper — ruling, dots, graph, ledger, scallops, and margin lines
Typography — body font, size, color, and all six heading levels
Baseline grid — text, tables, and images snap to the ruled rhythm
Page geometry — A4, Letter, or custom; pageless or paged

Daily routine

08:00  review yesterday's log
08:20  read through the lecture notes
09:00  copy the summary into the study sheet

Back up first

Templar is beta software. Back up important vaults before testing prerelease releases.

A page is still a note

Delete the templar property and the note is ordinary Markdown again. Content remains stable. Presentation can be expressive.

From the margin — refreshed with every release.

Templar Field Manual

Clear ruled notes with a strong cue column and study-friendly contrast.

AcademiaRuledQuickstart

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The Style Library

A Sunday Supplement · One hundred and thirty-two page designs, thirteen packs

From the editor's desk

A style is not a theme. A theme dresses the whole vault; a style dresses one note — and it leaves the writing alone.

How the library is organized

Styles ship in themed packs, and every style answers one question: what should this particular note feel like?

Pack	Mood	Example styles
Essentials	Calm everyday paper	Daily Ruled, Clean Slate, Focus Dots
Academia	Study and lectures	Cornell Lecture, Thesis Draft, Conference Notes
Professional	Briefs and decisions	Executive Brief, Product Strategy, Sales Pipeline
Travel	Logs and journeys	Tokyo Night, Desert Roadtrip, City Explorer
Dark & Neon	Screen-first night pages	Neon Arcade, Synthwave Sunset, Ultraviolet Club
Vintage & Editorial	Print and press	Sunday Supplement, 1920s Gazette, Paris Café

Finding the right page

Press / anywhere in the library to search.
Move with the arrow keys; press Space to preview on the real note.
Enter applies. A click only previews — Apply is always a separate, explicit step.

Search fields: name · folder · description · creator · tags
Densities:     Compact · Comfortable · Gallery
Surfaces:      Recent · Favorites · Current folder

Make it yours

Favourite the styles you return to. Templar sorts the ones you actually use toward the front — usage-aware, folder-aware, and reset-proof across restarts.

Where your own styles live

Save any preview as a custom style — edit its raw definition later.
Export a single .templar style file.
Export a validated multi-style .templar-pack.
Import both formats on any other device.

The library, summarized

Browse by feel, search by fact, preview instantly, apply deliberately, and keep the good ones.

One hundred and thirty-two styles is a lot of taste to carry around. Fortunately, they weigh less than the paper they imitate.

The Style Library

Warm newsprint, elegant serif copy, and magazine-red accents.

EditorialLibraryPacks

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Notes about the plugin,
written in the plugin.

How a Page Is Compiled

From frontmatter to pixels

What the compiler does

The output

How a Page Is Compiled

Night Shift Notes

Two ways a page can behave

The paged contract

Print, mobile, sync

A dark page, up close

Night Shift Notes

Templar Field Manual

What I use this for

Setup in three steps

Command map

What the design controls

Daily routine

A page is still a note

Templar Field Manual

The Style Library

How the library is organized

Finding the right page

Where your own styles live

The Style Library

What each note demonstrates.

How a Page Is Compiled

Night Shift Notes

Templar Field Manual

The Style Library

Build your own visual identity.