Brutalist clock widget

What a brutalist clock widget shows

A digital clock is the widget most people place first. It needs to be readable from arm's length, so the time takes most of the space and the date sits quietly below it.

It uses the phone's own time, so it needs no permission and works offline. WidgetCraft's clock layer follows your 12- or 24-hour setting unless you choose a format.

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.
• Text: Set every label in capitals with wide spacing, like a stencil or a shipping label.

Brutalist clock widget recipe

Brutalist color palette

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

How to make a brutalist clock widget in WidgetCraft

1. 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.
2. Tap Add and choose Clock. Set the format to hours and minutes, the font to Bebas Neue, the size to 92 and the color to #111111.
3. Add a Date layer above it for the weekday at size 12 in #55534C, in capitals.
4. Add a second Date layer below for the day and month at size 15.
5. Add a small Shape in #FF6B2C as the only accent, and align every layer to the same left margin of 24.
6. Arrange the layers in the header layout: weekday on the left and date on the right in one row at the top, a hairline under it, and the time anchored to the bottom left at size 98.
7. 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.
8. Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

Everything in this recipe works in the free version.

Tips for brutalist clock widgets

• Keep corner radius at 0 and outlines at 3 to 4 points.
• Use one loud accent against black and off-white.
• Seconds make a home screen widget look busy and Android updates widgets about once a minute, so leave them out.
• Check the widest time, such as 22:58 or 12:48 PM, so it never touches the edges.
• If the launcher crops the widget, reduce the time size before reducing the margins.
• 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 layersHard deadline16 editable layersIdea clicker20 editable layers

Questions about the brutalist clock widget

What size is a brutalist clock 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?

Yes. Clock widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the brutalist styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

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

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