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Line art photo widget
A line art photo widget frames a favorite picture with a short caption. Everything drawn with thin outlines and no fills. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.
What a line art photo widget shows
A photo widget puts a person, place or pet on the home screen without making it the wallpaper. The frame, the crop and the caption decide whether it feels designed or just pasted in.
You pick the picture with Android's photo picker, so WidgetCraft needs no storage permission, and the photo stays on your phone. It is a free element.
How the line art style shapes it
Line art widgets are transparent with a thin outline, so the wallpaper shows through. Rings, bars and frames are single strokes, which looks light and elegant on photo wallpapers.
- Photos: Skip photos; the wallpaper is the picture.
- Text: Use light-weight capitals with wide spacing in white.
Line art photo widget recipe
| Layer | Settings |
|---|---|
| Canvas | 360 × 200, background white at 6% opacity, corner radius 20, outline 2 pt white at 55% opacity |
| Layout | photo on the left, caption on the right |
| Image | 190 × 160, corner radius 12, crop to fill, 1 pt outline |
| Text | place label, size 12, color #D8DEE9 |
| Text | caption in two lines, built-in Sans, size 24, color #FFFFFF |
| Shape | rule 28 × 3 in #FFFFFF |
| Text | date, size 12, color #D8DEE9 |
| Font | built-in Sans |
| Home screen size | 4 × 2 cells |
Line art color palette
- Clear
#FFFFFFBackground - Clear
#FFFFFFSurface and tracks - White
#FFFFFFText - Mist
#D8DEE9Labels - White
#FFFFFFAccent
How to make a line art photo widget in WidgetCraft
- Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 200, the background to white at 6% opacity and the corner radius to 20. Add a 2-point outline.
- Tap Add and choose Image. Pick your photo, size it to 190 × 160 and set crop to fill.
- Set the image corner radius to 12 and add a thin outline. Drag the crop so the subject is centered.
- Add a Text caption at size 24 in #FFFFFF using built-in Sans.
- Add a small place label above and a date below, both at size 12 in #D8DEE9, with a short rule in #FFFFFF between them.
- 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 line art photo widgets
- Set the fill fully transparent and the outline to 1.5 to 2 points.
- Match stroke width across every layer.
- Choose a photo whose subject sits in the middle; widgets crop the edges.
- Portrait photos suit 2 × 2 or tall widgets better than wide ones.
- Very large images make widgets slow; let the app resize the photo when asked.
- Do not use bold fonts.
- Do not use it on busy wallpapers; the lines get lost.
Questions about the line art photo widget
What size is a line art photo widget?
It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 200 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.
Which colors does it use?
Clear (#FFFFFF) for the background, White (#FFFFFF) for the main text, Mist (#D8DEE9) for labels and White (#FFFFFF) as the accent.
Is it free to make?
Yes. Photo widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the line art styling is free too.
What else is this style called?
People also search for outline photo widget, line photo widget, wireframe photo widget. They describe the same look as this line art photo widget.
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