Visual styles

Glass, blur or transparent.

The right combination of typography, lens settings, fill and shadow can make the same clock feel entirely different.

Three ways to style

Choose your starting point.

Compare Prism, Blur and Transparent on the same wallpaper, then combine your preferred style with your own font, fill and edge settings.

01 / REFRACTED

Prism

Bright refracted edges and glass-like distortion that follows the wallpaper. Adjust Lens Depth and Light Bend for a stronger glass effect; ease them down for a subtler finish.

02 / FROSTED

Blur

A softer clock for busy wallpapers. Set Blur Amount, then adjust fill and edge strength until the time remains readable.

03 / CLEAN

Transparent

Let the font and color do the work, without glass refraction or blur. Add just enough shadow to separate the clock from the background.

Actual DepthTick captures. Appearance varies with your wallpaper and settings.

Clock shape

Size and height do different jobs.

Font size changes the overall scale of the clock. Height stretches or compresses the digits vertically without switching to another font. Use them together to fit the time around the important parts of your wallpaper.

Find the typography controls

DepthTick clock height adjustment demonstration — Clock height changes the silhouette, not the font.

Start with the font

Choose a typeface you like, set a comfortable font size, then adjust Height. Condensed fonts often suit a tall clock; wider fonts can make a smaller clock easier to read.

Keep the details independent

Clock Height is not Lens Depth. Height changes the digit shape; Lens Depth changes the apparent thickness of the Prism lens.

Keep enough contrast

Use fill opacity, edge highlights or a small shadow if the clock becomes hard to read against your wallpaper.

Color and light

The finishing touches are yours.

Fill and edge effects work independently. Adjust the body of the clock, then shape the light around it.

Color, without a fixed palette.

Change fill color and opacity for the whole clock, or give the hours, minutes, colon and AM/PM indicator their own look. Use a faint fill for subtle glass or stronger colors for contrast.

DepthTick clock fill color and opacity adjustment demonstration — Clock fill: color and opacity.

Give the edges their own light.

Fine-tune highlight and refraction size, softness, intensity and color. Link the two colors or set them independently, from a restrained outline to a brighter glass finish.

DepthTick clock edge highlight and refraction adjustment demonstration — Edge effects: highlights and refraction.

Separation and depth

Find the right place in the scene.

A subtle shadow can keep the time readable. Wallpaper depth can make it feel like part of the scene.

A little shadow. A clearer clock.

Adjust shadow strength and horizontal or vertical offset to separate the digits from your wallpaper. Keep it subtle for a light glass finish, or increase it when the background needs more contrast.