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Neo-brutalist quote widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A neo-brutalist quote widget displays a line you want to see every day. Bright flat color, thick black outlines and hard offset shadows. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Neo-brutalist quote widget design preview: Bright flat color, thick black outlines and hard offset shadows. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a neo-brutalist quote widget shows

A quote widget is pure typography, so the style shows more clearly here than anywhere else. Line length, line spacing and the size of the quotation mark do the design work.

It is plain text you type yourself: free, offline and with no permission. Change the words whenever you like.

How the neo-brutalist style shapes it

Neo-brutalism is the playful cousin of brutalism: saturated yellow, pink or mint cards with thick black outlines and a solid black shadow shifted down and right.

Text: Use a bold grotesque sans in black; no grey text at all.

Neo-brutalist quote widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 180, background #FFD43B, corner radius 10, outline 3 pt #000000, shadow #000000 offset 6/6 with radius 0
Text	opening quotation mark, size 54, color #FF6B6B
Text	quote in two lines, Space Grotesk, weight 700, size 22, line spacing 1.35, color #000000, left aligned
Text	author, size 12, color #4A4A4A
Ornament	a coral square in the top right and a blue circle in the bottom right, each with a 3-point black outline
Font	Space Grotesk (import the font file), or the built-in Sans
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Neo-brutalist color palette

Lemon #FFD43BBackground
Butter #FFF3BFSurface and tracks
Black #000000Text
Charcoal #4A4A4ALabels
Coral #FF6B6BAccent

How to make a neo-brutalist quote widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to #FFD43B and the corner radius to 10. Add a 3-point outline.
Add a Text layer and type your quote. Set the font to Space Grotesk, the size to 22 and the color to #000000.
Press return where you want the line to break, and set the alignment to left.
Add a second Text layer with just an opening quotation mark at size 54 in #FF6B6B.
Add the author on its own Text layer at size 12 in #4A4A4A.
Add the neo-brutalist ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a coral square in the top right and a blue circle in the bottom right, each with a 3-point black outline.
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 neo-brutalist quote widgets

Add a solid black shadow offset 6 points right and down, radius 0.
Outline everything at 3 points.
Keep quotes under about 12 words so the text can stay large.
Break lines by meaning, not wherever the text happens to wrap.
Always credit the author on a separate, smaller line.
Do not use soft or blurred shadows.
Do not use pastel or muted color.

Questions about the neo-brutalist quote widget

What size is a neo-brutalist quote 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?

Lemon (#FFD43B) for the background, Black (#000000) for the main text, Charcoal (#4A4A4A) for labels and Coral (#FF6B6B) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Quote widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the neo-brutalist styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for neobrutalism quote widget, neo brutalism quote widget, bold outline quote widget. They describe the same look as this neo-brutalist quote widget.

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