So many writing platforms out there are boring. You have to write in the same white box day in and day out. Even if you do decide to add a theme, it gets added later when you're finished! We believe that the writing environment can play a large role in the experience of journaling and add another dimension to your entries.
Our collection of hand-picked stock backgrounds suit a wide range of tastes and moods, but more importantly compliment our pad styles and overall design aesthetic of the interface.
If you don't like our stock backgrounds, upload your own high-res photo. As long as it's smaller than 5MB, any JPG or PNG will do.
Adding a custom photo can really bring you back into the time you were writing or writing about. Or, if you want the same background image for all entries in a journal, just click "Make Default" below the thumbnail.
You can now choose from millions of colors with the color picker. Each color gets saved once added so you can find the one you love and reuse it over and over.
Find the color picker under the Custom Backgrounds sub-menu in the Customize drop-down. Colors and custom photo backgrounds are stored side-by-side.
The Pad is the corner-stone of the Penzu interface and with Penzu Pro you can change it to a variety of Pad Styles. From our basic ruled lines to a blackboard or napkin, have fun with our amazing selection of textures and colors to compliment your background and 18 hand-picked font choices such as: