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+# Tufte-CSS-based Hexo theme
+
+This is a theme for [hexo](hexo.io) based on [Tufte-CSS](https://edwardtufte.github.io/tufte-css/).
+
+# Installation
+
+In your hexo directory:
+
+    git clone https://github.com/emallson/hexo-theme-tufte.git themes/tufte
+
+Then set
+
+    theme: tufte
+
+in your `_config.yml`