Brutalist sticky note widget

What a brutalist sticky note widget shows

A sticky note widget holds a few words you need to see: a shopping list, a reminder, a phone number. It works best short, with a bold title and three or four lines.

Type the note straight into a Text layer, or keep notes in WidgetCraft's Tasks, notes & habits section and show them with the Saved notes list. Both are free, stay on the phone and need no permission.

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.

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

Brutalist sticky note 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 sticky note widget in WidgetCraft

1. Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 200 × 200, the background to #FBFAF4 and the corner radius to 0. Add a 4-point outline.
2. Add a Shape 52 × 16 at the top center in #FF6B2C at 75% opacity, like a strip of tape.
3. Add a Text layer for the title at size 20 in #111111 using Bebas Neue.
4. Add a second Text layer for the note, one item per line, at size 15 with line spacing 1.7. To show notes you keep in the app instead, add Saved notes.
5. Add thin Shape rules under each line in #55534C at 30% opacity for a ruled-paper look.
6. 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.
7. 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 sticky note widgets

• Keep corner radius at 0 and outlines at 3 to 4 points.
• Use one loud accent against black and off-white.
• Four short lines is the most a 2 × 2 note can hold at a readable size.
• Use line breaks rather than long sentences so the note scans at a glance.
• For a list you tick off, use a to-do widget instead.
• 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.

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Questions about the brutalist sticky note widget

What size is a brutalist sticky note widget?

It is designed for 2 × 2 home screen cells on a 200 × 200 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. Sticky note widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the brutalist styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

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

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