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Handwritten countdown widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated

A handwritten countdown widget counts the days left until a date you choose. Notebook pages with handwriting fonts and pen-style marks. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Handwritten countdown widget design preview: Notebook pages with handwriting fonts and pen-style marks.
Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a handwritten countdown widget shows

A countdown widget keeps one date in view: a trip, a birthday, an exam or a launch. The number of days is the hero, the event name gives it meaning and a bar shows how far along you are.

WidgetCraft's countdown layer works from the phone's clock, so it is free, needs no permission and works offline. You pick the target date in the layer's details.

How the handwritten style shapes it

Handwritten widgets look like a page from a bullet journal: a handwriting font, dotted or lined paper, pen-blue ink and hand-drawn boxes.

Handwritten countdown widget recipe

LayerSettings
Canvas360 × 180, background #FBF8EF, corner radius 10, outline 2 pt #2B3A67
Layoutstacked: label, number and event name, left aligned
Textlabel "Days until", size 12, color #8C93AD
Countdowndays remaining, Caveat, size 76, color #2B3A67
Textevent name, size 20, color #2B3A67
Progressa thin 4-point bar, 312 wide, progress #E0574F
Ornamentfaint ruled lines every 22 points and a thin red margin line 14 points from the left, like notebook paper
FontCaveat (import the font file), or the built-in Serif
Home screen size4 × 2 cells

Handwritten color palette

How to make a handwritten countdown widget in WidgetCraft

  1. Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to #FBF8EF and the corner radius to 10. Add a 2-point outline.
  2. Tap Add and choose Countdown. Pick your target date and show days only.
  3. Set the font to Caveat, the size to 76 and the color to #2B3A67.
  4. Add a Text label "Days until" at size 12 in #8C93AD, and a second Text layer for the event name at size 20.
  5. Add a Progress layer as a thin 4-point bar in #E0574F to show how much of the wait has passed.
  6. Add the handwritten ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: faint ruled lines every 22 points and a thin red margin line 14 points from the left, like notebook paper.
  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 handwritten countdown widgets

Questions about the handwritten countdown widget

What size is a handwritten countdown 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?

Page (#FBF8EF) for the background, Pen blue (#2B3A67) for the main text, Pencil (#8C93AD) for labels and Red pen (#E0574F) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Countdown widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the handwritten styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for journal countdown widget, notebook countdown widget, bullet journal countdown widget, doodle countdown widget. They describe the same look as this handwritten countdown widget.

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