Automattic’s Livro Is a Minimal Block Theme for Writers

Automattic’s Livro Is a Minimal Block Theme for Writers

Posted by WP Tavern on January 12, 2022 at 5:59 pm
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Sometimes the sweetest things in life are the simplest. Automattic’s latest block theme landed in the review queue yesterday, and I had to give it a spin. What I found was a minimally-elegant design that I fell in love with. Really. I even dedicated an entire demo post on my install to it: Single post with gallery and pull-quote. Well, that and Valentine’s Day is a mere month away. It felt like the right time to mix up my install’s test content anyway. Let me preface the rest of this review by saying that I hate dark themes with a fiery passion. However, every now and again, one comes along that makes me rethink my position. Livro is one such theme. I may dislike it in a week, but I have genuinely loved using it for two days. The theme’s most impressive feat was using a single font family, Newsreader, across the entire design. It never felt like it needed anything else to separate body copy, secondary text, and headings. Livro will not meet everyone’s needs — not by a long shot. However, it is the sort of theme that will appeal to those who do not like any bells…

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