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Brutalist year progress widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A brutalist year progress widget shows how much of the year has passed as a percentage and a bar. 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 year progress 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 year progress widget shows

A year-progress widget is a gentle nudge: one bar that fills from 1 January to 31 December. The same layout works for the day, the week or a personal goal.

It is calculated from the date, so it is free, offline and needs no permission. WidgetCraft includes a free Day progress component, and a formula can stretch it to the year.

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.

Bars and rings: Draw progress as solid blocks or a thick bar with square ends, never rounded.
Numbers: Make numerals huge, bold and tightly packed so they almost touch the frame.

Brutalist year progress widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 180, background #FBFAF4, corner radius 0, outline 4 pt #111111
Text	year label, size 12, color #55534C
Text (formula)	percentage of the year, Bebas Neue, size 68, color #111111
Progress	ten square blocks, 312 wide, progress #FF6B2C, range 0 to 365
Text	"Day 315 of 365", size 13, color #55534C
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 year progress 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.
Tap Add and choose Progress. Make it 312 wide, styled as ten square blocks.
Open Data and connect it to the day of the year with a range of 0 to 365.
Color the progress #FF6B2C and keep the track faint.
Add a Text layer for the percentage at size 68 in #111111, and a smaller one for the day count at size 13 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.

Everything in this recipe works in the free version.

Tips for brutalist year progress widgets

Keep corner radius at 0 and outlines at 3 to 4 points.
Use one loud accent against black and off-white.
Show both the percentage and the day count so the bar has context.
Use a segmented bar if you want each step to feel like a milestone.
For a goal of your own, connect the bar to a counter instead of the date.
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 year progress widget

What size is a brutalist year progress 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. Year progress widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the brutalist styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

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