Possible to have different theme/font settings for macOS and iOS?

[ariehen]

New Obsidian user on macOS and iOS. Love it so far.

I’ve set a custom theme on macOS and iOS. Works great. Then I set a custom font for editing on macOS but the font isn’t in iOS. iOS then changes to TimesNewRoman (I think) because the macOS set font can’t be found.

I know the iOS version is new but does anyone know a way to have different theme/font settings per device but still access and edit the same vault?

Thanks.

[Geffrey]

What you can try is to import Google Fonts to both platforms.

If your font is not on Google Font, you might have to host it/them somewhere else and refer to them in your css.

FYI: How To Add Google Fonts to Any Themes' CSS

SOLUTION For anyone who has spent hours searching the forums, YouTube, the internet, Discord, & giant haystacks for how to change fonts (like I did). Here is the step-by-step (Disclaimer: may vary based on theme) Download a CSS file editor (I used Atom ) Go to Obsidian settings / Appearance / Themes and click on the ‘Open themes folder’ [image] Locate the CSS file you are using. (in this screenshot I have two installed but Obsidian is set to Blue Topaz) Right-click the css file and …

[austin]

I have not done this, but you can use different settings for every synch end-point, so you can use one theme for mobile and a different theme for desktop.

Under synch settings, you can choose what that device synchs:

[Geffrey]

Oh I should also look into that. Thanks for that suggestion.

[ariehen]

Thanks for the replies.

I’m not finding those options in macOS or iOS. I turned on the sync core plugin but only see a login screen. Are these options only for the paid Obsidian Sync?

@austin Are those settings in the ObsidianSync area?

[JonathanBuchh]

You can use different configuration folders for mobile and desktop (Settings > About > Override config folder). You will have to choose a name for the folder. .obsidian.mobile is an example.

Your settings will not sync between devices, but you will be able to choose a different theme or font for each device.

@ariehen

Are these options only for the paid Obsidian Sync?

Yes, those are options for Obsidian Sync (paid service).

[ariehen]

@JonathanBuchh The “Override config folder” setting was exactly what I was looking for.

I created the folder and set Obsidian (iPhone) to use that. Relaunched with the default theme and no plugins. Two other devices remain in sync (theme/plugins/etc) while the iPhone is off on it’s own theme wise.

Perfect. Thanks!