Content & formatting

Quietus styles the full range of Ghost editor output. The Style Guide post on the live demo shows every supported element rendered with real content — refer to it when you are unsure how a particular card will look in context.

Typography and prose

Body text is set in a serif at a comfortable measure with generous leading. The reading column is constrained in width to keep line length within the range that reduces eye fatigue. Headings (H2–H4) step down in size within the same typeface family, maintaining a consistent voice throughout the essay.

Drop caps are applied to the opening paragraph of each essay, using the accent color. This is the primary visual mark in the reading view and appears automatically — no editor configuration is required.

Pull quotes

Ghost’s Quote card is styled as a pull quote in Quietus: enlarged, set apart from the body column, and rendered with a left accent rule in the theme’s accent color. Use pull quotes sparingly — one or two per essay draws attention to a passage; more dilutes the effect.

Feature image

When show_feature_image is enabled (the default), the post’s feature image appears at the top of the essay, spanning the full reading width, before the title and byline. Disable this setting if your posts do not consistently have feature images, or if you prefer prose to open without a visual preamble.

Captioned images

Image cards in the Ghost editor support captions. Quietus renders captions in a smaller weight beneath the image, italicised, to distinguish them from body prose. Write captions as complete sentences when the image requires explanation, or omit them when the image is decorative.

Editor cards

Markdown and HTML — rendered as clean prose with no extra spacing artefacts.
Image cards — full-width, wide, and normal sizes are all styled. Captions appear beneath in a smaller weight.
Gallery cards — rendered as a grid; supports two, three, and four columns.
Bookmark cards — styled as a link-preview block with title, description, and domain.
Button cards — rendered as a call-to-action button matching the theme’s accent color.
Toggle cards — collapsible sections with a visible indicator; useful for footnotes or appendices.
Callout cards — rendered as a tinted aside block; all built-in background colour variants (grey, blue, green, yellow, red, pink, purple) are styled. Supports the default icon or a custom emoji.
Product cards — styled as a product listing with image, title, description, and call-to-action button.
File cards — styled as a download block with filename and file-type indicator.
Audio cards — styled with a native audio player matching the theme.
Video cards — styled with a responsive video container.
Header cards — styled as a large display block with configurable background and text.
Signup cards — styled as a membership call-to-action matching the theme’s form elements.
Code blocks — monospace with syntax highlighting via Ghost’s built-in highlighter.
Tables — styled with alternating row shading for readability in long-form context.
Dividers — thin horizontal rules with generous spacing above and below.
Embed cards — YouTube, Twitter/X, and other oEmbed-compatible URLs are wrapped responsively.

What Quietus does not do

Quietus does not render a tag taxonomy page, an author archive page, or a sidebar. It is a single-publication reading environment. If you need tag browsing or author pages, consider a theme with more navigational surfaces.