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Japandi year progress widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A Japandi year progress widget shows how much of the year has passed as a percentage and a bar. Japanese calm meets Nordic simplicity: stone, ink and empty space. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Japandi year progress widget design preview: Japanese calm meets Nordic simplicity: stone, ink and empty space. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a Japandi 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 Japandi style shapes it

Japandi widgets mix Japanese and Scandinavian ideas: stone and clay colors, ink-black accents, off-center layouts and a lot of deliberate empty space.

Bars and rings: Use a single thin line or one small vermilion circle like a seal.
Numbers: Keep the number moderate in size and anchor it to one corner.

Japandi year progress widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 180, background #EDE8DF, corner radius 8
Text	year label, size 12, color #8C8478
Text (formula)	percentage of the year, Noto Serif JP, size 68, color #26231F
Progress	a thin 4-point bar, 312 wide, progress #9C4A3C, range 0 to 365
Text	"Day 315 of 365", size 13, color #8C8478
Ornament	one vermilion dot in the bottom right, like a seal, and a single short ink line at the bottom left
Font	Noto Serif JP (import the font file), or the built-in Serif
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Japandi color palette

Rice paper #EDE8DFBackground
Clay #DDD5C7Surface and tracks
Sumi ink #26231FText
Stone #8C8478Labels
Vermilion #9C4A3CAccent

How to make a Japandi year progress widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to #EDE8DF and the corner radius to 8.
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 #9C4A3C and keep the track faint.
Add a Text layer for the percentage at size 68 in #26231F, and a smaller one for the day count at size 13 in #8C8478.
Add the Japandi ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: one vermilion dot in the bottom right, like a seal, and a single short ink line at the bottom left.
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 Japandi year progress widgets

Leave at least a third of the widget empty.
Use vermilion once, as a small dot.
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 center and fill the layout.
Do not use glossy or bright colors.

Questions about the Japandi year progress widget

What size is a Japandi 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?

Rice paper (#EDE8DF) for the background, Sumi ink (#26231F) for the main text, Stone (#8C8478) for labels and Vermilion (#9C4A3C) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

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

What else is this style called?

People also search for zen year progress widget, japanese style year progress widget, wabi sabi year progress widget. They describe the same look as this Japandi year progress widget.

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