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Nautical, one of three new premium Tumblr themes released today, is a terrific collaboration between designer Meagan Fisher and the team at MetaLab. Aside from the detailed illustration work, it’s a perfect application of Barry Schwartz’s Goudy Bookletter 1911 typeface, served via one of FontSquirrel’s pre-made font-face kits. Pick it up for $19.

Nautical, one of three new premium Tumblr themes released today, is a terrific collaboration between designer Meagan Fisher and the team at MetaLab. Aside from the detailed illustration work, it’s a perfect application of Barry Schwartz’s Goudy Bookletter 1911 typeface, served via one of FontSquirrel’s pre-made font-face kits. Pick it up for $19.

New theme: Solaris

From today, my new Solaris theme is available as part of Tumblr’s premium themes collection, to be officially launched later this week. Here’s a little rundown of what it offers:

  • Configurable icon sizes and colours
  • Optional “dark” palette, set in the Appearance menu
  • Option to display tags on summary and/or post pages
  • Option to display post authors
  • Lightbox for high-res images
  • Pages, Submissions & Ask support
  • Custom display of audio artwork and artist/track name
  • Custom display of like, reply and reblog notes
  • Display of liked posts and followed blogs
  • Support for Disqus and Google Analytics
  • Custom copyright message

The dark mode, visible in the wild on Nudge Up, seems to be a hit. Solaris is nine bucks via the super-slick new e-commerce process in the Theme Garden.

Big thanks to David, Peter and the team for inviting me to be part of this pilot, which I hope to see opened up to more of Tumblr’s design community soon. On that note, don’t miss my colleague Mike Harding’s delicious Scaffold theme, also for just $9.

Almost forgot: I’ve released National Park from my own site as well.

Update: there is now a version history page that lists new features, bug fixes and improvements to the theme.

David Cole of Sleepover:

Our new theme, Rubber Cement, has arrived in the Theme Garden! Enjoy this demonstration. While it lacks the extensive customization of our previous release, this petite theme is still flexible in all the right places. It even has support for pages and answer posts! Nice, neat, and a touch retro, Rubber Cement will catch the eye of discerning young moderns everywhere.

Lovely! My next theme, which is almost done, makes liberal use of the League of Moveable Type’s League Gothic typeface also.

David Cole of Sleepover:

Our new theme, Rubber Cement, has arrived in the Theme Garden! Enjoy this demonstration. While it lacks the extensive customization of our previous release, this petite theme is still flexible in all the right places. It even has support for pages and answer posts! Nice, neat, and a touch retro, Rubber Cement will catch the eye of discerning young moderns everywhere.

Lovely! My next theme, which is almost done, makes liberal use of the League of Moveable Type’s League Gothic typeface also.

Just when I thought the scrapbook design meme was played out, MetaLab’s Sara White produces what may be the definitive theme of its type for Tumblr, Vintage Scrapbook. It’s a paid theme via Envato’s Theme Forest, but at $12 — and with MetaLab’s customary attention to every single detail — it’s a steal. I’d love to see an option in Tumblr’s Theme Garden for designers to offer paid themes, perhaps with a revenue split akin to the App Store.

Just when I thought the scrapbook design meme was played out, MetaLab’s Sara White produces what may be the definitive theme of its type for Tumblr, Vintage Scrapbook. It’s a paid theme via Envato’s Theme Forest, but at $12 — and with MetaLab’s customary attention to every single detail — it’s a steal. I’d love to see an option in Tumblr’s Theme Garden for designers to offer paid themes, perhaps with a revenue split akin to the App Store.

Jarred Bishop’s Light Boner gets some theme love with an early version of his next theme, based on Cargo. Does some crazy nifty things with the Tumblr URL format in order to display posts on the index page. Niiice.

Jarred Bishop’s Light Boner gets some theme love with an early version of his next theme, based on Cargo. Does some crazy nifty things with the Tumblr URL format in order to display posts on the index page. Niiice.

Heroes

Humming

  • The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
  • The King Is Dead by The Decemberists
  • Passive Me, Agressive You by The Naked and Famous
  • Buffalo by The Phoenix Foundation

Past: 2009, 2008, 2007

Written and designed by Matthew Buchanan. Colophon. Please give credit. Email me.