# Theme and defaults

> Theme covers light or dark mode, an accent colour and a body font chosen from a curated list or anything on Google Fonts. Defaults set what new notes and shapes start as — colours, font, size, stroke — and whether clusters open as a canvas or a list. All of it is stored on your account and follows you between devices.

_Source: https://clusters.soleilpictures.com/docs/account/theme-and-defaults · Updated 2026-08-08_

## Theme

**Settings → Theme.**

- **Mode** — light or dark. `⌘K` → "toggle theme" switches it without opening settings.
- **Accent** — the highlight colour used through the interface.
- **Body font** — a curated list of around twenty-five families, plus anything available on Google Fonts.

Theme is stored on your **account**, not the browser, so it follows you to any
device you sign in on. Fonts you have used recently are pre-loaded so text does
not flash in a fallback face on a cold load.

### Readability across themes

Text colour in [notes](/docs/canvas/notes) and
[documents](/docs/documents) is resolved against the background it actually sits
on. A note authored in light mode stays readable to a collaborator working in
dark mode, and to anyone opening a
[public link](/docs/collaborate/sharing).

### The reserved accent

The gold accent means active, selected or focused. It is reserved for the
interface and is not part of the content
[palette](/docs/canvas/palettes-and-color) — so "this is selected" never gets
confused with "this is gold" on a colourful board.

## Defaults

**Settings → Defaults.** What new things start as, so you are not restyling
every one.

| Default | Applies to |
|---|---|
| Note background, text colour, font, size | Every new [note](/docs/canvas/notes) |
| Shape font, stroke colour, fill colour, stroke width | Every new [shape](/docs/canvas/shapes-and-drawing) |
| Default view | Whether clusters open as [canvas or list](/docs/clusters/list-view) |

Defaults are workspace-scoped, so a workspace can have a consistent look without
anyone enforcing it by hand.

## Display

**Settings → Display.**

- **Clean mode** (`⌘.`) — hides interface chrome for presenting or screenshots
- **Sidebar open by default**

## Custom fonts

Beyond the curated list, any Google Fonts family can be added and is then
available everywhere a font is chosen — notes, documents, shapes and the body
font.

[Screenplays](/docs/documents/screenplay) are the exception: they are always
Courier, because the format requires it and page count depends on it.