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Light academia year progress widget

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A light academia year progress widget shows how much of the year has passed as a percentage and a bar. Sunlit study rooms: cream, soft brown and elegant serifs. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Light academia year progress widget design preview: Sunlit study rooms: cream, soft brown and elegant serifs.
Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a light academia 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 light academia style shapes it

Light academia is the daytime version of dark academia: cream and linen backgrounds, soft brown text, a muted gold and airy serif type. It suits study timers, reading lists and quotes.

Light academia year progress widget recipe

LayerSettings
Canvas360 × 180, background #F6F1E7, corner radius 10
Textyear label, size 12, color #9B8E7E
Text (formula)percentage of the year, Playfair Display, size 68, color #4B3F33
Progressa thin 4-point bar, 312 wide, progress #B5925A, range 0 to 365
Text"Day 315 of 365", size 13, color #9B8E7E
Ornamenttwo short antique-gold rules, centered at the top and bottom
FontPlayfair Display (import the font file), or the built-in Serif
Home screen size4 × 2 cells

Light academia color palette

How to make a light academia year progress widget in WidgetCraft

  1. Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to #F6F1E7 and the corner radius to 10.
  2. Tap Add and choose Progress. Make it 312 wide, styled as a thin 4-point bar.
  3. Open Data and connect it to the day of the year with a range of 0 to 365.
  4. Color the progress #B5925A and keep the track faint.
  5. Add a Text layer for the percentage at size 68 in #4B3F33, and a smaller one for the day count at size 13 in #9B8E7E.
  6. Add the light academia ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: two short antique-gold rules, centered at the top and bottom.
  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.

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Questions about the light academia year progress widget

What size is a light academia 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?

Ivory (#F6F1E7) for the background, Umber (#4B3F33) for the main text, Stone (#9B8E7E) for labels and Antique gold (#B5925A) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

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

What else is this style called?

People also search for academia aesthetic year progress widget, study year progress widget, classical year progress widget. They describe the same look as this light academia year progress widget.

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