Core, glow, spill
Three layers: a near-white hot core, a saturated halo, and a wide dim spill on the surface behind. Real neon has all three; most widget “glow” has one.
Neon
Bent glass,
noble gas, 2am.
A neon sign is a tube of light with a soft halo bleeding onto whatever is behind it. Get the bleed wrong and you have a coloured font. These get the bleed right.
- 3
- gas colours
- 2 px
- tube core
- ∞
- hum
Azure, green, pink
Three gases with genuinely different behaviour — pink bleeds furthest, green reads sharpest, azure sits coolest against a dark wallpaper.
Built for dark mode
These faces assume a dark background and lean into it. On an OLED iPhone the black is off, so the tube is the only thing drawing power.
Live previews
The sign shop
Live, and slightly humming.
Questions
Neon, answered.
Does a neon widget look right on a light wallpaper?
Not really — glow needs darkness to read. Pair it with a dark or photographic wallpaper, or use the Bold or Editorial faces on light backgrounds.
Can I change the neon colour?
Yes, the neon family ships in azure, green and pink, switchable without changing the layout.
Bent glass,
noble gas, 2am.
Free on the App Store. iOS 16+. No account, no ads, no tracking.