Im trying to make a theme with several buttons on the top of the screen with a hidden dock on the bottom. I am not sure if its possible but I wanted to remove the today text, so i can have the small icons up top, but can't seem to figure it out. I know i;ve seen some themes with it done. I tried making the font size 1 but its still rather noticeable.
You need to add those icons via the SVG file. That will allow you to use smaller icons. Note of caution: if those icons include anything that will change such as Profiles, Messages, Messenger, etc, they will not update in a timely manner and tend to get "stuck" in a position (showing a new message when one isn't there)