Several typewriter backgrounds for composition mode

1920x1080, but should scale well to other sizes. Includes several muted colored backgrounds: teal, mocha, plum, olive and rose. Set the paper appropriately and then change the paper opacity to 0%.

I know the purpose of composition mode is to remove distractions, but sometimes a little whimsy is just the spark you need.
Scrivener.zip (441 KB)

Here’s what it looks like in use with a screenplay.

I love this… thanks for posting it!

Very nice indeed! And a very good choice of colors (subtle, elegant, relaxing).
Thank you very much!

Paolo

Glad some are finding them useful.

Cool… thanks for thinking to do this and posting it!

You’re very welcome. Glad people are still finding them and using them.

Very nice.
Thanks for sharing, Joe.
Much appreciated.

Thanks for posting this, very nicely done! :slight_smile: It reminds me of a program I used to love writing in back when I used Windows primarily, called Virtual Typewriter. It had the whole clickety clackety thing going on, and even faded letters differently like an old ink ribbon was being used and in “hardcore” mode it would only overwrite instead of deleting, and by overwriting I mean it, literally like an old typewriter would do with letters piled on top of each other. Pure aesthetics, but fun; like you say sometimes a little whimsy is just the right medicine.

WISH LIST!

RE: the “clickety-clackety” thing …

Atlantis word processor (for Windows, but it runs beautifully under Wine on Linux) has the full suite of typewriter sounds, including carriage returns. My wife accused me of pounding heartily on the old Olympia office mill one evening while I was drafting with Atlantis, and enjoying the nostalgia of the sounds.

NoisyTyper provides the sounds, and works perfectly with Scrivener. :slight_smile:

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sigh I really want to use this, but my book has images and it’s wierd. But I guess typewriter’s can’t handle images anyway…