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Terminal photo widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated

A terminal photo widget frames a favorite picture with a short caption. Green or amber monospace text on black, like a command line. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Terminal photo widget design preview: Green or amber monospace text on black, like a command line.
Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a terminal 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 terminal style shapes it

Terminal widgets look like a command prompt: a black background, green monospace text, a prompt symbol and plain text output instead of graphics.

Terminal photo widget recipe

LayerSettings
Canvas360 × 200, background #050805, corner radius 6, outline 1 pt #39FF6A
Layoutphoto on the left, caption on the right
Image190 × 160, corner radius 0, crop to fill, 1 pt outline
Textplace label, size 12, color #2A9D50
Textcaption in two lines, JetBrains Mono, size 24, color #39FF6A
Shaperule 28 × 3 in #39FF6A
Textdate, size 12, color #2A9D50
Ornamenta 20-point title bar across the top in the darker green-black, with three small dots at its left like a terminal window
FontJetBrains Mono (import the font file), or the built-in Mono
Home screen size4 × 2 cells

Terminal color palette

How to make a terminal photo widget in WidgetCraft

  1. Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 200, the background to #050805 and the corner radius to 6. Add a 1-point outline.
  2. Tap Add and choose Image. Pick your photo, size it to 190 × 160 and set crop to fill.
  3. Set the image corner radius to 0 and add a thin outline. Drag the crop so the subject is centered.
  4. Add a Text caption at size 24 in #39FF6A using JetBrains Mono.
  5. Add a small place label above and a date below, both at size 12 in #2A9D50, with a short rule in #39FF6A between them.
  6. Add the terminal ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a 20-point title bar across the top in the darker green-black, with three small dots at its left like a terminal window.
  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.

Tips for terminal photo widgets

Questions about the terminal photo widget

What size is a terminal 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 (#050805) for the background, Phosphor green (#39FF6A) for the main text, Dim green (#2A9D50) for labels and Green (#39FF6A) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Photo widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the terminal styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for hacker photo widget, command line photo widget, code photo widget, matrix photo widget. They describe the same look as this terminal photo widget.

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