Brutalist · Calendar · 4 × 2 widget

Brutalist calendar widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A brutalist calendar widget shows today's date beside your next event. Heavy type, hard edges, thick outlines and no softening. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Brutalist calendar widget design preview: Heavy type, hard edges, thick outlines and no softening. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a brutalist calendar widget shows

A calendar widget answers two questions: what day is it, and what is next. The date sits in a bold block on the left and the next event takes the right side.

The date works with no permission. Showing events needs Android's calendar permission and a calendar connection, which is a Pro feature in WidgetCraft. Without it you can still build the date block on its own for free.

How the brutalist style shapes it

Brutalist widgets look deliberately raw: oversized condensed type, square corners, thick black outlines and one loud color. Nothing is rounded or shaded, which makes them very readable at a glance.

Numbers: Make numerals huge, bold and tightly packed so they almost touch the frame.
Lists: Separate rows with full-width black rules and use square checkboxes.

Brutalist calendar widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 180, background #FBFAF4, corner radius 0, outline 4 pt #111111
Shape	date block 104 × 124, radius 0, fill #FF6B2C
Date	weekday (size 13) and day number (size 58) centered on the block, color #000000
Text	label "Next", size 11, color #55534C
List or Text	next event title, Bebas Neue, size 19, color #111111; time at size 14 in #55534C
Shape	divider 1.5 pt in #55534C at 40% opacity
Ornament	a strip of black diagonal hazard stripes, 10 points tall, along the bottom edge
Font	Bebas Neue (import the font file), or the built-in Condensed
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Brutalist color palette

Concrete white #FBFAF4Background
Raw paper #EFEDE3Surface and tracks
Black #111111Text
Soot #55534CLabels
Hazard orange #FF6B2CAccent

How to make a brutalist calendar widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to #FBFAF4 and the corner radius to 0. Add a 4-point outline.
Add a Shape on the left, 104 × 124 with radius 0, filled with #FF6B2C.
Add two Date layers over it: the short weekday at size 13 and the day number at size 58, both in #000000.
Add a Text label "Next" at size 11 in #55534C.
Add a List layer, open Data and choose your calendar. Set the title to size 19 in #111111 and the time to size 14 in #55534C.
Add the brutalist ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a strip of black diagonal hazard stripes, 10 points tall, along the bottom edge.
Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

The layout and styling are free. The live data connection for this widget needs WidgetCraft Pro, a one-time purchase.

Tips for brutalist calendar widgets

Keep corner radius at 0 and outlines at 3 to 4 points.
Use one loud accent against black and off-white.
Event titles vary in length, so give the title a single line and let it truncate.
Show one or two events at most in a 4 × 2 widget.
If no events appear, check that the calendar you chose is the one your events are saved in.
Do not add shadows, gradients or transparency.
Do not use light font weights.

Ready-made Brutalist templates

WidgetCraft includes a Brutalist template pack you can import and edit instead of starting from a blank canvas.

Focus terminal12 editable layers

Hard deadline16 editable layers

Idea clicker20 editable layers

Questions about the brutalist calendar widget

What size is a brutalist calendar widget?

It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 180 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Concrete white (#FBFAF4) for the background, Black (#111111) for the main text, Soot (#55534C) for labels and Hazard orange (#FF6B2C) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

The brutalist design is free to build. Showing live events needs the one-time Pro upgrade.

What else is this style called?

People also search for brutalism calendar widget, bold calendar widget, raw calendar widget. They describe the same look as this brutalist calendar widget.