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Dark academia battery widget

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A dark academia battery widget shows your charge level as a ring with the percentage in the middle. Old libraries: deep brown, parchment, gold and classic serifs. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Dark academia battery widget design preview: Old libraries: deep brown, parchment, gold and classic serifs.
Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a dark academia battery widget shows

A battery widget turns one number into a shape you can read without thinking. A ring that fills clockwise is the clearest form, with the percentage inside it.

Battery level is a free, built-in source in WidgetCraft and needs no permission. The widget refreshes when the charge changes or the charger is connected.

How the dark academia style shapes it

Dark academia widgets look like a leather-bound notebook: deep brown and black grounds, parchment text, a gold accent and classical serif type suited to quotes and reading goals.

Dark academia battery widget recipe

LayerSettings
Canvas200 × 200, background #1F1813, corner radius 8, outline 1 pt #E8DCC4
Ringdiameter 120, stroke 5, track #9C8B72 at 28% opacity, progress #B08D57, round ends, start at top
Batterylevel as a number, Cormorant Garamond, size 44, color #E8DCC4, centered in the ring
Text"percent" at size 10 and "Battery" at size 11, color #9C8B72
Ornamenta thin brass outline inset 7 points, and a short burgundy ribbon (a 10 × 34 rectangle) hanging from the top right like a bookmark
FontCormorant Garamond (import the font file), or the built-in Serif
Home screen size2 × 2 cells

Dark academia color palette

How to make a dark academia battery widget in WidgetCraft

  1. Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 200 × 200, the background to #1F1813 and the corner radius to 8. Add a 1-point outline.
  2. Tap Add and choose Ring. Set the diameter to 120 and the stroke to 5.
  3. Open Data for the ring and connect it to Battery level with a range of 0 to 100.
  4. Color the progress #B08D57 and the track #9C8B72 at about 28% opacity.
  5. Add a Battery layer in the center at size 44 in #E8DCC4, then a small Text label underneath.
  6. Add the dark academia ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a thin brass outline inset 7 points, and a short burgundy ribbon (a 10 × 34 rectangle) hanging from the top right like a bookmark.
  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 dark academia battery widgets

Questions about the dark academia battery widget

What size is a dark academia battery 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?

Walnut (#1F1813) for the background, Parchment (#E8DCC4) for the main text, Dust (#9C8B72) for labels and Brass (#B08D57) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Battery widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the dark academia styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for academia battery widget, library aesthetic battery widget, vintage study battery widget. They describe the same look as this dark academia battery widget.

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