Theme Tuesday: Black Letterhead
October 16, 2007
You asked for dark themes. They don’t come much darker than Black Letterhead by Ulysses Ronquillo.
It features a minimal 2 column design, a sidebar for widgets, and an optional custom image header. Look for it on the Presentation tab of your dashboard.
P.S. Please report theme issues to support, not in comments here.
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I’m still lookin’ for a theme that can have an image more than 640 px. I’m goin’ to test it now¡ 😀
Ty WP¡
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Beware of the Dark……
And this one IS Dark….wohooo! Tx Guys….
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hey, you guys do the best for us wordpress users. always !
this theme is great.
thankz
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Cool theme! I’m sticking with Blix, though.
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I like a minimalist theme like this. Yet, Hemingway is still better than this theme. Anyway, it’s awesome that WP never take a rest in giving us new and newer themes. Great job, man!
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That’s a pretty sweet theme. =) So thanks!
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Ooh, black, basic but nice
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Beautiful and stylish!
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Well, in the line with Cronies , I too need a theme where I can post such large image.
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nice.. but do we have a header image ?
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That’s… dark.
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That looks niiiiiiiiice!
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new themes are always good – thanks!! 😀
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dinsan: yes, as the description says, it allows a custom header image. A large one, too – 760×200.
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Thanks, guys. Great theme.
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wow… this is great!! Thx!
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My brother would definately like this one!
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hey, i was wondering if you have somewhere a way for us to know what themes are used most, what least, etc. i’m very curious. sometimes i go through blogs just to form my own statistics, but there are so many… i would like to have a sense of esthetic trends in blog look. thank you for all you do!
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really nice theme actually i am waiting for black background themes.
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very pretty. but I always need the theme that has pages.
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cool
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I love new themes too. Maybe it’s just because I’m older, but black with white lettering is really hard on the eyes. So maybe some new “light” themes for we age challenged?
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Hey!
Wow, nice theme. I might try it!
~*~Graser10~*~
The goofy goober!
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Choice is good! Choosing the Dark Side is better! LOL. Thanks for the theme!
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Perfect for Halloween… thanks!
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Very nice, I like 😀 Thank you.
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I really dig dark layouts. However, I also really dig readable text. Combining both seems to be really hard, and I’m afraid this theme fails to do it as well.
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Dreadful. Unreadable. Enough black!!!
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@ Andreas
I think this one has readable text… despite the fact that the theme is black.. its not too bad.. give it a shot! 🙂 .. I liked it..
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I so read that as “Black Leatherman”
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I love this theme so much I want to lick all of your faces. But I wont, because I probably have cooties. I never liked the black themes before but this one is hotness.
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That’s lovely, but I’m going to stick with what I said last time i.e. what’s needed are more themes like Neo Sapien that have a lighter foreground. The all black themes are gorgeous but horrible for people who post a lot of text on their page. Well, it’s not horrible for the blogger but it is for the reader. So, yes I’m a demanding wench and pretty please: can we have darker themes with lighter foregrounds? You guys never let me down so I know it’s just a matter of time. 🙂 Thanks.
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It’s cool. I am like some of the other posters, We need a theme with a larger header picture.and more versatility with fonts sizes and colors.
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I tried it already.
Yes, it is dark and classy.
Perfect mixture of black and orange.
p/s: Wish i can post a larger picture.
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Striking.
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Header text color selection and hiding is fixed. Again, please report theme issues to support, don’t post them here.
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I’m with Jim on this one. Beautiful – but hard on these old eyes.
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Black orange and biege… Good colors for Halloween. I like it!
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really darky nice, thx!
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Nice theme. It’s dark, but good for Halloween.
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Not for me but it is good to get new themes. I would like some that are a bit wider though.
– GoldCoaster
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Muy bueno esta tema, ahora si WordPress.com esta melhorando.
Estoy contento por mi blog esta mais caliente.
Por favore entre em mi blog, em brieve será um sítio.
ByeBye !!!
http://www.winnice.vai.la ou http://www.winnice.wordpress.com
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Just used it-LOVE IT! 🙂 Thanks folks!
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I love my theme, also in black. Gives me a lot of versatility and good contrast with pictures and video.
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At last, a subtle, humble black-based theme that’s suitable to both very serious writings as well as the casual side of the universe. 🙂
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I look at this theme, and I ask myself, “How much more black could it be?” And the answer is, “None. None more black.”
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If well pruned my theme can be made to accommodate a whole lots of fascinating features.Make it a bit wider.Always as needed versatility and good contrast will make it look great as well as break a boring outlook always.
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oooohhh.. sexy theme guys, now if i can only figure out how to make that heading in small letters instead of all caps.. hmmm..
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As a person with some serious vision problems, I find this theme one of the easier ones to read, That’s why I switched my theme to this one. However, I do wish it did not have the orange text – or at least the option to change the color. Light colored text on dark backgrounds, that’s the ticket for me.
It is a beautiful design, TY!!!
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I love this theme..
I have always been looking for such a clean theme on wordpress
Thanks guys..
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I forget the name of the other WP.com theme that is red-on-black — I tried it out once and liked the overall look, but not the big giant block of red at the top. This one fixes that issue. I’ll stick with the one I’ve got now, but I’m thinking of starting another blog and this one is already at the top of the theme list.
Nice job! Keep ’em coming!
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Just in time for Halloween! Good job guys.
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With my macular degeneration the black background is perfect. The color combination is perfect for me.
Thanks.
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Very nice theme….but I am still waiting for some Patriotic ones that I could use for my blog, that have the option for a good sized custom header on it.
-Robert-
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It’s really nice, but I would have loved it even more if it was a trio 🙂
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It’s nice, looks clean…
But it’s seems Hemingway’s still better (???)
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Nice and clean looking. Love the dark theme! Wish we had a dark theme that supported pages though… 😦
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Ive just created my blog, and am going to update it 😀 . Really liked the theme, and am using it too !
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the given theme is stunning
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The best combination is Sandbox+Custom CSS 😀
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Erik: what do you mean? All themes support pages.
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I love it!
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Hmm, looks great – maybe the red font could be a little less orange but darker.
I’m mostly writing in German – so what I’m not happy in themes is a mix of German and English for links, tooltips etc. But this theme is going one step further: it seems to mess up the links for next and previous entries in longer lists
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Great work WordPress. I’m using this having switched from neo-sapien. I like darkness ? I really like it when viewing a post by itself. take care
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I’ve decided to give it a whirl. 🙂
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Loving it sick. Wish we could change the orange colour though.
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Great halloween theme!
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Nice theme Alex ,Thanks for it! Ill give it a try!
Suggestion:
You can change the orange color to Red
Thenkens!
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Yeah love it but wish I could change the orange in more than the heas=der.
And the blocktext is bit dim – needs to be a shade lighter (or maybe it’s just that my eyes are going dim as the lullaby goes.
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bfe1
Find a theme which everyone will love and keep coming back for more.
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emo theme, but acceptable anyhow 🙂
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Perfect for halloweener!
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Very nice – will probably be my first template…
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Oh I love this one!
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It’s a good theme, a bit boudoirish though. I might use it if the orange was changed to a sky blue but then i’m strange like that…
RP
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Exactly what I’ve been waiting for. Thanks!
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cool themes… i like it..
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nice.. theme
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Well, well done.
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It’s nice to have more options. Thanks.
(though it’s hard to read big chunks of text).
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I am officially in love with this theme. Definitely trying it out. 😀
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I’m new to set up my wordpress space today…and excited to check out the Black Letterhead theme. But found that the text colour preference can’t be changed despite the great feature of customised header! How nice if text colour preference is allowed??
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