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title = "A new look: ox-tufte"
publishDate = 2023-10-23T00:00:00+02:00
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Struck by insomnia and dissatisfaction with the way my website has looked so far, I have opted for something less garish, and lighter, than before.

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I was lucky enough to have stumpled onto [this wonderful stylesheet based on Edward Tufte's work](https://edwardtufte.github.io/tufte-css/), and couldn't help but look for an implementation that would be compatible with [org-mode.](https://orgmode.org)

Fortunately, I found one that seems to do _exactly_ what I wanted it to.

[ox-tufte](https://github.com/ox-tufte/ox-tufte) is an HTML export backend for org-mode which makes the output HTML compatible with the stylesheet.

I _did_ make a few adjustments, namely:

-   Removed left margin, instead I'm padding by 20px.
-   Added some additional CSS for source blocks, since those didn't seem to be getting styled correctly in my exports (and I don't want to have to hunt around to find the culprits.)
-   Removed a bit of padding on top.
-   Made the numerals generated by org-mode hidden, because otherwise foodnotes and footnote references had two of their number, instead of just the one they need.

I think it looks rather good, and it'll let me go over my existing articles and add the side/margin notes {{< sidenote >}} Yay! This is how every footnote should be. None of that scrolling for miles to find what you're interested in stuff.] that I wanted, but couldn't before {{</ sidenote >}}.

Overall, I am quite happy with this {{<sidenote>}}I know there is some js in the HTML that's generated. I aim to remove it at some point. No big deal for now.{{</sidenote>}}. And it only took... 3-4 hours of work, research included. Pretty cool!

Very happy indeed.

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