Scribble Mode

Turn your note text into squiggles so you can write without stopping to reread or edit.

When you can read what you just wrote, it's hard not to fix it. Scribble Mode hides your words as you type, which makes it useful for writing sprints, morning pages and first drafts. Turn it off when you're done and everything is back to normal. Your notes are never changed.

Usage

Everywhere: run Scribble Mode: Toggle on or off from the command palette, or click the pen icon in the ribbon. While it's on, 〰 Scribble shows in the status bar; click it to turn scribble mode off. You can give the command a hotkey in Settings → Hotkeys.

One note: add scribble to the note's cssclasses property and that note always shows as squiggles:

---
cssclasses: scribble
---

Only the note body turns into squiggles. The note title, properties and the rest of Obsidian stay readable, so you can still find your way around. Word count, the cursor and selection all work as usual.

Installation

Search for Scribble Mode in Settings → Community plugins → Browse.

To install it manually, download main.js, manifest.json and styles.css from the latest release and put them in <your vault>/.obsidian/plugins/scribble-mode/.

Development

npm install
npm run dev

npm run dev rebuilds main.js and styles.css as you edit. npm run build makes a production build, and npm run lint runs the Obsidian ESLint rules. The stylesheet is built from src/styles.css, with the fonts in fonts/ inlined as data URLs so the plugin works offline.

Credits

Scribble Mode uses Redacted Script by Christian Naths, licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Inspired by the scribble font in Ellipsus.

License

MIT. The bundled font keeps its own license (see above).