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# vim-colors-pencil
> A light color scheme for Vim inspired by iA Writer
![markdown-example](screenshots/markdown-example.png)
## Features
iA Writer is an elegant word processor, marred only by its lack of Vim. It
does have a nice colorscheme, however.
* Accurate colors
* Subtle indicators of changes in the gutter for Signify, git-gutter, etc.
* Use for both code and prose, though its definitely geared towards the
latter
## Requirements
May require a recent version of Vim.
## Installation
Install using Pathogen, Vundle, Neobundle, or your favorite Vim package
manager.
Or simply copy the colorscheme file to your `~/.vim/colors` directory.
## Usage
Just like any other colorscheme:
```vim
:colorscheme pencil
```
![vimscript-example](screenshots/vimscript-example.png)
## Differences
Most notably, the # heading text is shaded blue. This is to compensate
for the lack of a visual cue found in iA Writer where the heading
indicators are inside the left margin. Here we use color instead.
## Font choices
iA Writer uses a typeface called Nitti Light by Blue Monday. ($)
Free alternatives with bold and italic support include:
* [Anonymous Pro](https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Anonymous+Pro)
* [Courier Prime](http://quoteunquoteapps.com/courierprime/)
* [Cousine](http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Cousine)
* [DejaVu Sans Mono](http://dejavu-fonts.org/wiki/Download)
* [Liberation](https://fedorahosted.org/liberation-fonts/)
* [Luxi Mono Regular](http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Luxi-Mono)
* [Ubuntu Mono](https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Ubuntu+Mono)
## See also
If you like this color scheme, you may like these plugins from the same
author:
* [vim-quotable](http://github.com/reedes/vim-quotable) - extends Vim to
support typographic (curly) quotes
* [vim-lexical](http://github.com/reedes/vim-lexical) - Building on Vims
spell-check and thesaurus/dictionary completion
* [vim-thematic](http://github.com/reedes/vim-thematic) — Conveniently
manage Vims appearance to suit your task and environment
* [vim-pencil](http://github.com/reedes/vim-pencil) - Extending Vim to
better support writing prose and documentation
* [vim-litecorrect](http://github.com/reedes/vim-litecorrect) - Lightweight auto-correction for Vim
The [README](https://github.com/reedes/vim-thematic) in
_thematic_ has more details on setting up emulation of iA Writer.
## Future development
Eventually therell be a dark equivalent as well included in this
colorscheme.
If youve spotted a problem or have an idea on improving this color
scheme, please post it to the github project issue page.
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