Moments handbook

Journal identity and appearance

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Journal identity and appearance

A theme should make the photographs feel at home, not make visitors admire the furniture. Moments begins with considered palettes and then lets you tune the details that materially change the journal's voice. A live preview keeps those choices grounded in the page they will shape.

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Name, portrait, and bio

General settings holds the journal name, profile photograph, and bio. The bio supports simple emphasis and links, so it can be a short photographic introduction, a note about the project, or a path to the rest of your work.

The original moments.im subdomain is shown here as the permanent platform address. A custom domain can sit alongside it later without removing that dependable route.

The real Moments General settings form populated with Peter's public journal identity
Illustrated viewGeneral settings keeps the permanent address, portrait, journal name, and short introduction together.
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Start with a palette

Choose a journal theme as the base, then accept its accent or replace it with a preset or a six-digit color. Set the header alignment to left or center. An optional hero image can turn the top of the journal into a photographic frontispiece, with control over how the image is positioned.

The preview shows the current combination before it is saved. It is worth checking both photographs and text: a color can feel beautiful in a swatch and still compete with the work in use.

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Tune the quieter details

Advanced appearance settings control the typography and geometry that give a journal its rhythm. Heading face and weight influence whether it feels editorial or contemporary. Title scale and section spacing decide how much air surrounds each entry. Profile size, borders, corners, tag outlines, and navigation treatment can make the same palette feel spare, soft, formal, or direct.

  • Heading font, weight, and large-title size
  • Spacing between moments and sections
  • Profile picture size, including hidden
  • Border weight and corner radius
  • Navigation style, size, and top or bottom position
  • Optional tag borders and a readability gradient over the hero
  • Automatic color mode, or a forced light or dark mode
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Respect the reader or choose a fixed mode

By default a journal can follow the visitor's light or dark preference and offer a mode control. If the work is designed for one presentation, force light or dark mode; the visitor toggle is then hidden so the intended treatment remains consistent.

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