Theme Tuesday: Black Letterhead
You asked for dark themes. They don’t come much darker than Black Letterhead by Ulysses Ronquillo.
It features a minimal 2 column design, a sidebar for widgets, and an optional custom image header. Look for it on the Presentation tab of your dashboard.
P.S. Please report theme issues to support, not in comments here.
Oct 16th at 7:05 am
I’m still lookin’ for a theme that can have an image more than 640 px. I’m goin’ to test it now¡
Ty WP¡
Oct 16th at 7:29 am
Beware of the Dark……
And this one IS Dark….wohooo! Tx Guys….
Oct 16th at 7:40 am
hey, you guys do the best for us wordpress users. always !
this theme is great.
thankz
Oct 16th at 7:46 am
Cool theme! I’m sticking with Blix, though.
Oct 16th at 8:36 am
I like a minimalist theme like this. Yet, Hemingway is still better than this theme. Anyway, it’s awesome that WP never take a rest in giving us new and newer themes. Great job, man!
Oct 16th at 8:49 am
That’s a pretty sweet theme. =) So thanks!
Oct 16th at 9:00 am
Ooh, black, basic but nice
Oct 16th at 9:12 am
Beautiful and stylish!
Oct 16th at 9:14 am
Well, in the line with Cronies , I too need a theme where I can post such large image.
Oct 16th at 9:19 am
nice.. but do we have a header image ?
Oct 16th at 9:27 am
That’s… dark.
Oct 16th at 9:41 am
That looks niiiiiiiiice!
Oct 16th at 10:52 am
new themes are always good – thanks!!
Oct 16th at 11:14 am
dinsan: yes, as the description says, it allows a custom header image. A large one, too – 760×200.
Oct 16th at 11:24 am
Thanks, guys. Great theme.
Oct 16th at 11:27 am
wow… this is great!! Thx!
Oct 16th at 11:31 am
My brother would definately like this one!
Oct 16th at 11:45 am
hey, i was wondering if you have somewhere a way for us to know what themes are used most, what least, etc. i’m very curious. sometimes i go through blogs just to form my own statistics, but there are so many… i would like to have a sense of esthetic trends in blog look. thank you for all you do!
Oct 16th at 12:05 pm
really nice theme actually i am waiting for black background themes.
Oct 16th at 12:32 pm
very pretty. but I always need the theme that has pages.
Oct 16th at 12:34 pm
cool
Oct 16th at 12:39 pm
I love new themes too. Maybe it’s just because I’m older, but black with white lettering is really hard on the eyes. So maybe some new “light” themes for we age challenged?
Oct 16th at 12:41 pm
Hey!
Wow, nice theme. I might try it!
~*~Graser10~*~
The goofy goober!
Oct 16th at 1:17 pm
Choice is good! Choosing the Dark Side is better! LOL. Thanks for the theme!
Oct 16th at 1:53 pm
Perfect for Halloween… thanks!
Oct 16th at 1:55 pm
Very nice, I like
Thank you.
Oct 16th at 2:05 pm
I really dig dark layouts. However, I also really dig readable text. Combining both seems to be really hard, and I’m afraid this theme fails to do it as well.
Oct 16th at 3:38 pm
Dreadful. Unreadable. Enough black!!!
Oct 16th at 3:55 pm
@ Andreas
I think this one has readable text… despite the fact that the theme is black.. its not too bad.. give it a shot!
.. I liked it..
Oct 16th at 4:15 pm
I so read that as “Black Leatherman”
Oct 16th at 4:55 pm
I love this theme so much I want to lick all of your faces. But I wont, because I probably have cooties. I never liked the black themes before but this one is hotness.
Oct 16th at 5:05 pm
That’s lovely, but I’m going to stick with what I said last time i.e. what’s needed are more themes like Neo Sapien that have a lighter foreground. The all black themes are gorgeous but horrible for people who post a lot of text on their page. Well, it’s not horrible for the blogger but it is for the reader. So, yes I’m a demanding wench and pretty please: can we have darker themes with lighter foregrounds? You guys never let me down so I know it’s just a matter of time.
Thanks.
Oct 16th at 5:28 pm
It’s cool. I am like some of the other posters, We need a theme with a larger header picture.and more versatility with fonts sizes and colors.
Oct 16th at 5:35 pm
I tried it already.
Yes, it is dark and classy.
Perfect mixture of black and orange.
p/s: Wish i can post a larger picture.
Oct 16th at 6:34 pm
Striking.
Oct 16th at 9:26 pm
Header text color selection and hiding is fixed. Again, please report theme issues to support, don’t post them here.
Oct 16th at 9:27 pm
I’m with Jim on this one. Beautiful – but hard on these old eyes.
Oct 16th at 9:47 pm
Black orange and biege… Good colors for Halloween. I like it!
Oct 16th at 10:46 pm
really darky nice, thx!
Oct 16th at 11:11 pm
Nice theme. It’s dark, but good for Halloween.
Oct 16th at 11:15 pm
Not for me but it is good to get new themes. I would like some that are a bit wider though.
– GoldCoaster
Oct 17th at 12:16 am
Muy bueno esta tema, ahora si WordPress.com esta melhorando.
Estoy contento por mi blog esta mais caliente.
Por favore entre em mi blog, em brieve será um sítio.
ByeBye !!!
http://www.winnice.vai.la ou http://www.winnice.wordpress.com
Oct 17th at 12:33 am
Just used it-LOVE IT!
Thanks folks!
Oct 17th at 6:04 am
I love my theme, also in black. Gives me a lot of versatility and good contrast with pictures and video.
Oct 17th at 10:34 am
At last, a subtle, humble black-based theme that’s suitable to both very serious writings as well as the casual side of the universe.
Oct 17th at 11:41 am
I look at this theme, and I ask myself, “How much more black could it be?” And the answer is, “None. None more black.”
Oct 17th at 12:03 pm
If well pruned my theme can be made to accommodate a whole lots of fascinating features.Make it a bit wider.Always as needed versatility and good contrast will make it look great as well as break a boring outlook always.
Oct 17th at 12:40 pm
oooohhh.. sexy theme guys, now if i can only figure out how to make that heading in small letters instead of all caps.. hmmm..
Oct 17th at 2:33 pm
As a person with some serious vision problems, I find this theme one of the easier ones to read, That’s why I switched my theme to this one. However, I do wish it did not have the orange text – or at least the option to change the color. Light colored text on dark backgrounds, that’s the ticket for me.
It is a beautiful design, TY!!!
Oct 17th at 2:54 pm
I love this theme..
I have always been looking for such a clean theme on wordpress
Thanks guys..
Oct 17th at 5:10 pm
I forget the name of the other WP.com theme that is red-on-black — I tried it out once and liked the overall look, but not the big giant block of red at the top. This one fixes that issue. I’ll stick with the one I’ve got now, but I’m thinking of starting another blog and this one is already at the top of the theme list.
Nice job! Keep ‘em coming!
Oct 17th at 7:40 pm
Just in time for Halloween! Good job guys.
Oct 17th at 9:07 pm
With my macular degeneration the black background is perfect. The color combination is perfect for me.
Thanks.
Oct 17th at 9:49 pm
Very nice theme….but I am still waiting for some Patriotic ones that I could use for my blog, that have the option for a good sized custom header on it.
-Robert-
Oct 18th at 12:01 am
It’s really nice, but I would have loved it even more if it was a trio
Oct 18th at 4:08 am
It’s nice, looks clean…
But it’s seems Hemingway’s still better (???)
Oct 18th at 8:14 am
Nice and clean looking. Love the dark theme! Wish we had a dark theme that supported pages though…
Oct 18th at 10:20 am
Ive just created my blog, and am going to update it
. Really liked the theme, and am using it too !
Oct 18th at 11:30 am
the given theme is stunning
Oct 18th at 8:54 pm
The best combination is Sandbox+Custom CSS
Oct 18th at 9:43 pm
Erik: what do you mean? All themes support pages.
Oct 19th at 5:34 am
I love it!
Oct 19th at 5:44 pm
Hmm, looks great – maybe the red font could be a little less orange but darker.
I’m mostly writing in German – so what I’m not happy in themes is a mix of German and English for links, tooltips etc. But this theme is going one step further: it seems to mess up the links for next and previous entries in longer lists
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Oct 19th at 7:09 pm
Great work WordPress. I’m using this having switched from neo-sapien. I like darkness ? I really like it when viewing a post by itself. take care
Oct 20th at 12:57 am
I’ve decided to give it a whirl.
Oct 20th at 2:14 am
Loving it sick. Wish we could change the orange colour though.
Oct 20th at 10:31 pm
Great halloween theme!
Oct 21st at 6:42 am
Nice theme Alex ,Thanks for it! Ill give it a try!
Suggestion:
You can change the orange color to Red
Thenkens!
Oct 21st at 7:26 pm
Yeah love it but wish I could change the orange in more than the heas=der.
And the blocktext is bit dim – needs to be a shade lighter (or maybe it’s just that my eyes are going dim as the lullaby goes.
Oct 21st at 10:33 pm
bfe1
Find a theme which everyone will love and keep coming back for more.
Oct 22nd at 12:16 pm
emo theme, but acceptable anyhow
Oct 22nd at 8:21 pm
Perfect for halloweener!
Oct 22nd at 10:53 pm
Very nice – will probably be my first template…
Oct 23rd at 8:33 am
Oh I love this one!
Oct 23rd at 5:17 pm
It’s a good theme, a bit boudoirish though. I might use it if the orange was changed to a sky blue but then i’m strange like that…
RP
Oct 25th at 1:43 am
Exactly what I’ve been waiting for. Thanks!
Oct 25th at 3:41 am
cool themes… i like it..
Oct 25th at 7:16 pm
nice.. theme
Oct 26th at 9:48 am
Well, well done.
Oct 26th at 5:19 pm
It’s nice to have more options. Thanks.
(though it’s hard to read big chunks of text).
Oct 26th at 9:13 pm
I am officially in love with this theme. Definitely trying it out.
Oct 27th at 5:57 pm
I’m new to set up my wordpress space today…and excited to check out the Black Letterhead theme. But found that the text colour preference can’t be changed despite the great feature of customised header! How nice if text colour preference is allowed??