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From: johnabs <johnabs@ieee.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:56:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] updated readme, testing org rendering

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+* Codex Obscura
+
+#+begin_quote
+ *A dark academia pixel Hugo theme with a fall color palette.*
+
+ Candlelit manuscripts meet cozy stationery. Books, tea, fountain pens, and the quiet rustle of digital marginalia.
+#+end_quote
+
+---
+
+```
+ ██████╗ ██████╗ ██████╗ ███████╗██╗  ██╗
+██╔════╝██╔═══██╗██╔══██╗██╔════╝╚██╗██╔╝
+██║     ██║   ██║██║  ██║█████╗   ╚███╔╝
+██║     ██║   ██║██║  ██║██╔══╝   ██╔██╗
+╚██████╗╚██████╔╝██████╔╝███████╗██╔╝ ██╗
+ ╚═════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚══════╝╚═╝  ╚═╝
+```
+
+---
+
+** Features
+
+- *Fall color palette* — deep ambers, burnt orange, rust, forest green, umber, parchment cream
+- *Pixel art borders* — CSS-only pixel-perfect box shadow borders on all cards and widgets
+- *Dark academia typography* — VT323 (pixel/terminal) for headings + Josefin Sans for body text
+- *Custom Progress Tracker* — Uses the same colorscheme as the rest of the website
+- *Custom Landing Page* — A nice picture with some cute/goofy litle quotes.
+
+---
+
+** Installation
+Put the home.tmpl file in /var/lib/gitea/custom/templates/home.tmpl (or whatever your gitea custom path is)
+Put the theme-custom.css file in /var/lib/gitea/custom/public/assets/css/theme-custom.css (or whatever your gitea custom path is)
+Finally run systemctl restart gitea
+
+** License
+
+MIT — Please attribute my work to me!
+
+---
+