Letterpress Markdown

A VSCode extension for a nicer, opinionated Markdown Preview experience.

Quick demo:

Letterpress Markdown demo

Key Features

Centered prose column
Opinionated styling for headings vs. content sections
Table of contents for ease of navigation
Word counter in editing mode
Color swatches for inline 6 character hex codes

Installation

This extension is available via the VSCode Marketplace and then OpenVSX Registry

Preview controls

Everything adjustable lives in the preview as a keypress or a small control — there are no VS Code settings to manage. Each choice is saved in the preview's localStorage, so it persists across documents and projects on its own.

Control	Action
`w`	Summon / dismiss the column-width slider (`Esc` also dismisses)
`t` / `≡`	Toggle the table of contents between rail and breadcrumb (`≡` control in the rail header / breadcrumb bar)
`s` / `⇄`	Move the rail to the other margin (`⇄` control in the rail header; active while the rail is showing)
`/`	Open the heading jump-overlay (then `↑`/`↓` or `Ctrl+P`/`Ctrl+N` to move, Enter to jump, Esc to close)

Fonts

The extension bundles all three typefaces it uses — Inter (body), Instrument Serif Italic (headings), and JetBrains Mono (code) — and loads them via @font-face in the preview webview, so the preview looks identical on every machine regardless of what's installed locally. All three are under the SIL Open Font License; see CREDITS.md.

If headings fall back to a generic serif (Georgia) instead of Instrument Serif, the bundled font isn't loading — confirm the fonts/ directory shipped with the extension (it shouldn't be excluded by .vscodeignore). These may be made customisable in a future version.

Letterpress Markdown

Rahul Somani

Letterpress Markdown

Key Features

Installation

Preview controls

Fonts

Additional Docs