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Nothing-style photo widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A Nothing-style photo widget frames a favorite picture with a short caption. Dot-matrix numerals, black, white and a single red dot. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Nothing-style photo widget design preview: Dot-matrix numerals, black, white and a single red dot. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a Nothing-style 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 Nothing-style style shapes it

Nothing-style widgets copy the dot-matrix look of Nothing phones: numerals built from dots, strict black and white, small technical labels and one red accent. A dot-matrix font does most of the work.

Photos: Convert photos to black and white with high contrast.
Text: Use a dot-matrix font for headings and a plain mono for small labels in capitals.

Nothing-style photo widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 200, background #0A0A0A, corner radius 26
Layout	caption on the left, photo on the right
Image	190 × 160, corner radius 18, crop to fill
Text	place label, size 12, color #8A8A8A
Text	caption in two lines, Doto, size 24, color #FFFFFF
Shape	rule 28 × 3 in #D71921
Text	date, size 12, color #8A8A8A
Ornament	a row of small dots along the bottom, the first six in red
Font	Doto (import the font file), or the built-in Mono
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Nothing-style color palette

Black #0A0A0ABackground
Charcoal #1A1A1ASurface and tracks
White #FFFFFFText
Grey #8A8A8ALabels
Signal red #D71921Accent

How to make a Nothing-style photo widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 200, the background to #0A0A0A and the corner radius to 26.
Tap Add and choose Image. Pick your photo, size it to 190 × 160 and set crop to fill.
Set the image corner radius to 18. Drag the crop so the subject is centered.
Add a Text caption at size 24 in #FFFFFF using Doto.
Add a small place label above and a date below, both at size 12 in #8A8A8A, with a short rule in #D71921 between them.
Add the Nothing-style ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a row of small dots along the bottom, the first six in red.
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 Nothing-style photo widgets

Import a free dot-matrix font such as Doto.
Use red only as a single dot or one word.
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 add color beyond the red accent.
Do not use more than one dot-matrix line per widget; it gets hard to read.

Questions about the Nothing-style photo widget

What size is a Nothing-style 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?

Black (#0A0A0A) for the background, White (#FFFFFF) for the main text, Grey (#8A8A8A) for labels and Signal red (#D71921) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Photo widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the Nothing-style styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for dot matrix photo widget, nothing os photo widget, nothing phone style photo widget, led photo widget. They describe the same look as this Nothing-style photo widget.

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