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Editorial year progress widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

An editorial year progress widget shows how much of the year has passed as a percentage and a bar. Magazine layouts with serif headlines, paper tones and portrait photos. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Editorial year progress widget design preview: Magazine layouts with serif headlines, paper tones and portrait photos. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What an editorial 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 editorial style shapes it

Editorial widgets borrow from print magazines: a large serif headline, small spaced captions, thin rules and warm paper colors. They suit quotes, reading progress and portrait photos.

Bars and rings: Use thin rules and a slim progress line, like the column dividers in a magazine.
Numbers: Set numbers in the serif at display size and add a short caption underneath.

Editorial year progress widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 180, background #F3EEE4, corner radius 6
Text	year label, size 12, color #7B7265
Text (formula)	percentage of the year, Libre Caslon Display, size 68, color #1D1A16
Progress	a thin 4-point bar, 312 wide, progress #A4452C, range 0 to 365
Text	"Day 315 of 365", size 13, color #7B7265
Ornament	a single hairline rule across the top, like a column divider
Font	Libre Caslon Display (import the font file), or the built-in Serif
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Editorial color palette

Newsprint #F3EEE4Background
Aged paper #E7DFD0Surface and tracks
Press black #1D1A16Text
Caption grey #7B7265Labels
Masthead red #A4452CAccent

How to make an editorial year progress widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to #F3EEE4 and the corner radius to 6.
Tap Add and choose Progress. Make it 312 wide, styled as a thin 4-point bar.
Open Data and connect it to the day of the year with a range of 0 to 365.
Color the progress #A4452C and keep the track faint.
Add a Text layer for the percentage at size 68 in #1D1A16, and a smaller one for the day count at size 13 in #7B7265.
Add the editorial ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a single hairline rule across the top, like a column divider.
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 editorial year progress widgets

Use a real serif for the headline and keep captions under 11 points.
Add one thin rule to anchor the layout.
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 use bright saturated colors.
Do not center everything; align to the left edge like a column.

Ready-made Editorial templates

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

A word to collect5 editable layers

Reading bookmark6 editable layers

Sunday cover7 editable layers

Questions about the editorial year progress widget

What size is an editorial 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?

Newsprint (#F3EEE4) for the background, Press black (#1D1A16) for the main text, Caption grey (#7B7265) for labels and Masthead red (#A4452C) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Year progress widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the editorial styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for magazine year progress widget, serif year progress widget, newspaper style year progress widget. They describe the same look as this editorial year progress widget.