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Poet Theme

A light emacs theme that's well suited for prose: particularly org-mode and markdown-mode; or any mode that works well with variable-pitch mode.

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Screenshots generated on: February 8, 2026

c++-mode

Poet Theme in c++-mode

css-mode

Poet Theme in css-mode

dired

Poet Theme in dired

emacs-lisp-mode

Poet Theme in emacs-lisp-mode

eshell

Poet Theme in eshell

fundamental-mode/selection

Poet Theme in fundamental-mode

html-mode

Poet Theme in html-mode

javascript-mode

Poet Theme in javascript-mode

org-mode

Poet Theme in org-mode

python-mode

Poet Theme in python-mode

sh-mode

Poet Theme in sh-mode

sql-mode

Poet Theme in sql-mode

term

Poet Theme in term

text-mode

Poet Theme in text-mode