Modernize on-panel widget visuals: real typography, theme colors, gutter

Introduces app/panel_style.py, a shared style module every render
module now draws through instead of independently duplicating margins/
colors/fonts: Inter Bold/Regular (already vendored, previously only
used by widgets/text.py) replace PIL's single-weight bundled default
font everywhere else; a per-widget-kind accent color (calendar=blue,
tasks=green, weather=black header) replaces plain black-on-white chrome
and is centralized in one THEME mapping so a future global theme only
needs to touch panel_style.py; a small per-widget gutter separates
adjacent widgets without touching grid.py's cell math; header bars,
color chips, and the battery icon get rounded corners.

Also drops the MUTED gray text color used throughout calendar_render.py
and weather_render.py -- a non-palette color that has no close match in
the panel's 6-ink palette and dithers into visible speckle once the
composited canvas is quantized. Secondary text now reads through size/
weight alone, always exact black.

widgets/battery.py and manage_overlay.py's previously-duplicated
battery-glyph-drawing code now share one implementation (panel_style.
draw_battery_icon). widgets/_shared.py's placeholder image is fixed to
use exact palette colors and route through image_pipeline.draw_text,
same as everything else -- it was quietly violating both rules already.

image_pipeline.draw_widget_border gains an opt-in radius param (default
0, unused by any call site) for a possible future rounded-border
setting -- doesn't touch the exact-corner-pixel behavior test_widget_
border.py already pins.

Deliberately out of scope: DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB and the Floyd-Steinberg
quantization pipeline are untouched, per the prior reverted measured-
palette/OKLab attempt (05b417a/dfe9d701).

server/app/calendar_render.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Event dicts here are calendar_feed.py's shape: {"summary", "start", "end"
 (ISO 8601 strings), "all_day", "sources": [{"owner_display_name",
 "color_index"}, ...]} -- more than one entry in "sources" means
 merge_events collapsed several calendars' identical (same title/time)
-events into one, see _event_colors/_draw_color_bar below.
+events into one, see _event_colors/panel_style.draw_color_chip below.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
 
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
 
+from . import panel_style
 from .image_pipeline import (
     DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB,
     _apply_manage_overlay,
@@ -42,12 +43,20 @@ CALENDAR_VIEW_LABELS = {"agenda": "Agenda (today)", "today_tomorrow": "Agenda (t
                         "week": "Week", "month": "Month"}
 WEEKDAY_NAMES = ["Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday"]
 
-MARGIN = 20
+# MARGIN carries panel_style.CONTENT_MARGIN's value unchanged (not
+# re-tuned). BG/FG are this module's own plain black/white -- checkbox
+# outlines, month-view grid hairlines -- not a text-emphasis concern (no
+# MUTED gray here anymore -- see panel_style's module docstring for why:
+# a mid-gray fill has no close palette match and dithers into speckle
+# once the whole canvas is quantized. Secondary text now reads through
+# size/weight alone, always exact black).
+MARGIN = panel_style.CONTENT_MARGIN
 BG = (255, 255, 255)
 FG = (0, 0, 0)
-MUTED = (110, 110, 110)
+# Structural dividers/grid lines (between stacked day sections, week
-# Was a light gray, but that dithers away to near-invisible once quantized
+# columns, month cells) stay a plain black rule -- gray dithers away to
-# to the 6-color e-ink palette -- black reads as an actual line on-panel.
+# near-invisible once quantized to the 6-color e-ink palette. Headers
+# no longer use this: see panel_style.draw_header_bar/theme_color.
 RULE = (0, 0, 0)
 
 # Fallback for any event whose calendar has no manually pinned color
@@ -67,7 +76,7 @@ def _event_colors(event: dict, owners_seen: list[str], palette_rgb: list | None)
     one person's calendar). Usually just one color; more than one is
     what tells the "same event, more than one calendar" case apart from
     an ordinary single-calendar event at render time -- see
-    _draw_color_bar. Each source's own manually pinned color
+    panel_style.draw_color_chip. Each source's own manually pinned color
     (FrameCalendar.color_index -- see routers/api_widgets.py's
     api_widget_calendar_color) resolves against whichever palette this frame
     actually renders with, so a pinned "Blue" stays this frame's actual
@@ -91,24 +100,6 @@ def _event_colors(event: dict, owners_seen: list[str], palette_rgb: list | None)
     return colors
 
 
-def _draw_color_bar(draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, x0: int, y0: int, x1: int, y1: int,
-                    colors: list[tuple[int, int, int]], radius: int) -> None:
-    """One rounded bar for a single-source event, or that same overall
-    footprint split into equal-width side-by-side segments -- one per
-    contributing calendar -- for a deduplicated shared event (see
-    _event_colors/calendar_feed.merge_events). Splitting rather than
-    e.g. concentric rings keeps every color equally "thick and bold" at
-    a glance, the same design goal a single pinned color already has."""
-    if len(colors) == 1:
-        draw.rounded_rectangle([x0, y0, x1, y1], radius=radius, fill=colors[0])
-        return
-    seg_w = (x1 - x0) / len(colors)
-    for i, color in enumerate(colors):
-        seg_x0 = round(x0 + i * seg_w)
-        seg_x1 = round(x0 + (i + 1) * seg_w) - (2 if i < len(colors) - 1 else 0)
-        draw.rectangle([seg_x0, y0, seg_x1, y1], fill=color)
-
-
 def _event_start(event: dict, tz: ZoneInfo) -> datetime | date:
     """Parses event["start"] and, for timed events, converts to `tz` --
     calendar_feed.py stores whatever timezone each source event carried
@@ -158,11 +149,12 @@ def _fmt_task_due(due: str | None) -> str:
     return d.strftime("%b %-d")
 
 
-# ImageFont.load_default() (used for everything else in this module --
+# Neither Inter (panel_style.font_bold/font_regular, this module's own
-# see the module docstring) has no emoji glyphs, and PIL/FreeType don't
+# body/title font -- see MARGIN/BG/FG comment above) nor PIL's bundled
-# skip an unsupported codepoint, they substitute a ".notdef" tofu box (a
+# default font has emoji glyphs, and PIL/FreeType don't skip an
-# visible filled rectangle) -- reads as a rendering glitch, not "emoji
+# unsupported codepoint, they substitute a ".notdef" tofu box (a visible
-# not supported". So event titles get drawn with two fonts: the normal
+# filled rectangle) -- reads as a rendering glitch, not "emoji not
+# supported". So event titles get drawn with two fonts: the normal
 # text font for everything else, and one of these for actual emoji runs
 # (see _split_emoji_runs/_draw_mixed_line) -- both Noto Emoji, OFL-1.1,
 # vendored at app/fonts/ (license alongside at app/fonts/OFL.txt).
@@ -401,15 +393,17 @@ def _draw_agenda_day(img: Image.Image, draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, day: date, eve
     these vertically without duplicating the row-layout/truncation
     logic. Weather is drawn above the event list -- eating into the same
     row budget the event count is truncated against, exactly like the
-    header/rule above it already does."""
+    header bar above it already does."""
     x0, y0, w, h = region
-    text_x0, text_y0 = x0 + MARGIN, y0 + MARGIN
+    header_h = title_font.size + 20
+    panel_style.draw_header_bar(draw, (x0, y0, w, header_h), header_h,
+                                panel_style.theme_color("calendar", palette_rgb))
+    text_x0 = x0 + MARGIN
     text_w = w - MARGIN * 2
     header = day.strftime("%A, %B ") + str(day.day)
-    draw_text(img, (text_x0, text_y0), _truncate_to_width(draw, header, title_font, text_w), title_font)
+    draw_text(img, (text_x0, y0 + (header_h - title_font.size) // 2),
-    y = text_y0 + title_font.size + 12
+             _truncate_to_width(draw, header, title_font, text_w), title_font, BG)
-    draw.line([(text_x0, y), (text_x0 + text_w, y)], fill=RULE)
+    y = y0 + header_h + 12
-    y += 12
 
     weather_entries = _weather_for_day(weather_cities, day)
     if weather_entries:
@@ -422,13 +416,13 @@ def _draw_agenda_day(img: Image.Image, draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, day: date, eve
     max_rows = max(0, (y0 + h - MARGIN - y) // row_h)
 
     if not day_events:
-        draw_text(img, (text_x0, y), "Nothing scheduled", body_font, MUTED)
+        draw_text(img, (text_x0, y), "Nothing scheduled", body_font)
     for i, event in enumerate(day_events):
         if i >= max_rows:
-            draw_text(img, (text_x0, y), f"+{len(day_events) - max_rows} more", body_font, MUTED)
+            draw_text(img, (text_x0, y), f"+{len(day_events) - max_rows} more", body_font)
             break
         colors = _event_colors(event, owners_seen, palette_rgb)
-        _draw_color_bar(draw, text_x0, y + 2, text_x0 + 10, y + row_h - 7, colors, radius=3)
+        panel_style.draw_color_chip(draw, text_x0, y + 2, text_x0 + 10, y + row_h - 7, colors)
         time_str = "All day" if event["all_day"] else _fmt_time(_event_start(event, tz))
         prefix = f"{time_str}  "
         draw_text(img, (text_x0 + 18, y), prefix, body_font)
@@ -445,13 +439,13 @@ def _draw_tasks(img: Image.Image, draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, region: tuple[int,
     (`title`, truncated to fit -- TaskWidgetConfig.name or the "Tasks"
     default; the only widget type with its own on-panel title, since
     it's the only one where "which list is this" isn't obvious from its
-    content the way a calendar/photo/whiteboard's is), then a color bar
+    content the way a calendar/photo/whiteboard's is), then a color chip
-    (reusing _event_colors/_draw_color_bar as-is: a task dict's
+    (reusing _event_colors/panel_style.draw_color_chip as-is: a task
-    top-level owner_display_name/color_index is exactly _event_colors'
+    dict's top-level owner_display_name/color_index is exactly
-    single-source fallback shape, since caldav_client.merge_tasks
+    _event_colors' single-source fallback shape, since caldav_client.
-    doesn't cross-list-dedup tasks into a "sources" list the way
+    merge_tasks doesn't cross-list-dedup tasks into a "sources" list the
-    merge_events dedups events) + checkbox glyph + due date (if any) +
+    way merge_events dedups events) + checkbox glyph + due date (if any)
-    summary per task, same header/rule/row-cap/truncation shape as
+    + summary per task, same header/row-cap/truncation shape as
     _draw_agenda_day's event list so the standalone tasks widget (see
     _build_tasks) reads as the same consistent design as everything
     else on-panel, not a bolted-together look. Reuses _draw_mixed_line
@@ -460,45 +454,52 @@ def _draw_tasks(img: Image.Image, draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, region: tuple[int,
 
     Outstanding tasks get an empty checkbox; completed ones (only ever
     present when TaskWidgetConfig.show_completed is on -- see
-    caldav_client.fetch_tasks' completed_since) get a filled one and
+    caldav_client.fetch_tasks' completed_since) get a filled checkbox in
-    muted text, no due-date prefix (irrelevant once done)."""
+    this widget's own Green accent (see panel_style.THEME) -- that fill
+    is the "done" signal, no due-date prefix (irrelevant once done) and
+    no separate muted text treatment (see module-level MUTED removal
+    note above _event_colors)."""
     x0, y0, w, h = region
-    text_x0, text_y0 = x0 + MARGIN, y0 + MARGIN
+    header_h = title_font.size + 20
+    panel_style.draw_header_bar(draw, (x0, y0, w, header_h), header_h,
+                                panel_style.theme_color("tasks", palette_rgb))
+    text_x0 = x0 + MARGIN
     text_w = w - MARGIN * 2
-    draw_text(img, (text_x0, text_y0), _truncate_to_width(draw, title or "Tasks", title_font, text_w), title_font)
+    draw_text(img, (text_x0, y0 + (header_h - title_font.size) // 2),
-    y = text_y0 + title_font.size + 12
+             _truncate_to_width(draw, title or "Tasks", title_font, text_w), title_font, BG)
-    draw.line([(text_x0, y), (text_x0 + text_w, y)], fill=RULE)
+    y = y0 + header_h + 12
-    y += 12
 
     row_h = body_font.size + 14
     max_rows = max(0, (y0 + h - MARGIN - y) // row_h)
 
     if not tasks:
-        draw_text(img, (text_x0, y), "Nothing outstanding", body_font, MUTED)
+        draw_text(img, (text_x0, y), "Nothing outstanding", body_font)
         return
     owners_seen: list[str] = []
+    checkbox_fill = panel_style.theme_color("tasks", palette_rgb)
     for i, task in enumerate(tasks):
         if i >= max_rows:
-            draw_text(img, (text_x0, y), f"+{len(tasks) - max_rows} more", body_font, MUTED)
+            draw_text(img, (text_x0, y), f"+{len(tasks) - max_rows} more", body_font)
             break
         done = task.get("completed_at") is not None
         colors = _event_colors(task, owners_seen, palette_rgb)
-        _draw_color_bar(draw, text_x0, y + 2, text_x0 + 10, y + row_h - 7, colors, radius=3)
+        panel_style.draw_color_chip(draw, text_x0, y + 2, text_x0 + 10, y + row_h - 7, colors)
         box = body_font.size - 6
         box_x = text_x0 + 18
         box_y = y + (row_h - box) // 2 - 5
+        box_r = min(panel_style.CHIP_RADIUS, box // 2)
         if done:
-            draw.rectangle([box_x, box_y, box_x + box, box_y + box], fill=FG)
+            draw.rounded_rectangle([box_x, box_y, box_x + box, box_y + box], radius=box_r, fill=checkbox_fill)
         else:
-            draw.rectangle([box_x, box_y, box_x + box, box_y + box], outline=FG, width=2)
+            draw.rounded_rectangle([box_x, box_y, box_x + box, box_y + box], radius=box_r, outline=FG, width=2)
         text_x = box_x + box + 10
         due_str = None if done else _fmt_task_due(task.get("due"))
         prefix = f"{due_str}  " if due_str else ""
         if prefix:
-            draw_text(img, (text_x, y), prefix, body_font, MUTED)
+            draw_text(img, (text_x, y), prefix, body_font)
         prefix_w = draw.textlength(prefix, font=body_font) if prefix else 0
         _draw_mixed_line(img, draw, (round(text_x + prefix_w), y), task["summary"],
-                         body_font, text_w - (text_x - text_x0) - prefix_w, fill=MUTED if done else FG)
+                         body_font, text_w - (text_x - text_x0) - prefix_w)
         y += row_h
 
 
@@ -512,17 +513,16 @@ _AGENDA_FONTS = {"large": (34, 22, 20), "medium": (24, 22, 16), "small": (18, 16
 def _build_agenda(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h: int, tz: ZoneInfo,
                   palette_rgb: list | None = None, weather_cities: list[dict] | None = None,
                   weather_units: str = "fahrenheit") -> Image.Image:
-    img = Image.new("RGB", (target_w, target_h), BG)
+    img, draw, region = panel_style.card_canvas(target_w, target_h)
-    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
 
     title_size, body_size, weather_size = _AGENDA_FONTS[_size_tier(target_w, target_h)]
-    title_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=title_size)
+    title_font = panel_style.font_bold(title_size)
-    body_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=body_size)
+    body_font = panel_style.font_regular(body_size)
-    weather_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=weather_size)
+    weather_font = panel_style.font_regular(weather_size)
 
     day = datetime.now(tz).date() + timedelta(days=browse_offset)
     owners_seen: list[str] = []
-    _draw_agenda_day(img, draw, day, events, tz, (0, 0, target_w, target_h), title_font, body_font, owners_seen,
+    _draw_agenda_day(img, draw, day, events, tz, region, title_font, body_font, owners_seen,
                      palette_rgb, weather_cities, weather_font, weather_units)
 
     return img
@@ -540,23 +540,22 @@ def _build_today_tomorrow(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int,
     shifts the whole two-day window together, same "days" unit
     _build_agenda already uses, so NEXT/BACK behaves identically across
     both views."""
-    img = Image.new("RGB", (target_w, target_h), BG)
+    img, draw, (cx0, cy0, cw, ch) = panel_style.card_canvas(target_w, target_h)
-    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
 
     title_size, body_size, weather_size = _TODAY_TOMORROW_FONTS[_size_tier(target_w, target_h)]
-    title_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=title_size)
+    title_font = panel_style.font_bold(title_size)
-    body_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=body_size)
+    body_font = panel_style.font_regular(body_size)
-    weather_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=weather_size)
+    weather_font = panel_style.font_regular(weather_size)
 
     start_day = datetime.now(tz).date() + timedelta(days=browse_offset)
-    section_h = target_h // 2
+    section_h = ch // 2
     owners_seen: list[str] = []
     for i in range(2):
-        section_y0 = i * section_h
+        section_y0 = cy0 + i * section_h
         if i > 0:
-            draw.line([(MARGIN, section_y0), (target_w - MARGIN, section_y0)], fill=RULE)
+            draw.line([(cx0 + MARGIN, section_y0), (cx0 + cw - MARGIN, section_y0)], fill=RULE)
         _draw_agenda_day(img, draw, start_day + timedelta(days=i), events, tz,
-                         (0, section_y0, target_w, section_h), title_font, body_font, owners_seen,
+                         (cx0, section_y0, cw, section_h), title_font, body_font, owners_seen,
                          palette_rgb, weather_cities, weather_font, weather_units)
 
     return img
@@ -585,8 +584,7 @@ def _build_week(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h:
     otherwise "start of the week" doesn't mean much for an arbitrary day
     count, so it instead starts `start_offset` days from today (0 =
     today, see routers/api_widgets.py's api_widget_config_save)."""
-    img = Image.new("RGB", (target_w, target_h), BG)
+    img, draw, (cx0, cy0, cw, ch) = panel_style.card_canvas(target_w, target_h)
-    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
     tier = _size_tier(target_w, target_h)
 
     today = datetime.now(tz).date()
@@ -599,36 +597,36 @@ def _build_week(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h:
 
     if layout == "vertical":
         title_base, body_base, weather_base = _WEEK_VERTICAL_FONTS[tier]
-        title_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=max(14, title_base - days))
+        title_font = panel_style.font_bold(max(14, title_base - days))
-        body_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=max(11, body_base - days))
+        body_font = panel_style.font_regular(max(11, body_base - days))
-        weather_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=max(9, weather_base - days))
+        weather_font = panel_style.font_regular(max(9, weather_base - days))
-        section_h = target_h // days
+        section_h = ch // days
         for i in range(days):
-            section_y0 = i * section_h
+            section_y0 = cy0 + i * section_h
             if i > 0:
-                draw.line([(MARGIN, section_y0), (target_w - MARGIN, section_y0)], fill=RULE)
+                draw.line([(cx0 + MARGIN, section_y0), (cx0 + cw - MARGIN, section_y0)], fill=RULE)
             day = week_first_day + timedelta(days=i)
-            _draw_agenda_day(img, draw, day, events, tz, (0, section_y0, target_w, section_h),
+            _draw_agenda_day(img, draw, day, events, tz, (cx0, section_y0, cw, section_h),
                              title_font, body_font, owners_seen, palette_rgb,
                              weather_cities, weather_font, weather_units)
         return img
 
     header_size, chip_size, weather_size = _WEEK_HORIZONTAL_FONTS[tier]
-    header_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=header_size)
+    header_font = panel_style.font_bold(header_size)
-    chip_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=chip_size)
+    chip_font = panel_style.font_regular(chip_size)
-    weather_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=weather_size)
+    weather_font = panel_style.font_regular(weather_size)
-    col_w = (target_w - MARGIN * 2) // days
+    col_w = (cw - MARGIN * 2) // days
     header_h = 44
 
     for col in range(days):
         day = week_first_day + timedelta(days=col)
-        x0 = MARGIN + col * col_w
+        x0 = cx0 + MARGIN + col * col_w
         if col > 0:
-            draw.line([(x0, MARGIN), (x0, target_h - MARGIN)], fill=RULE)
+            draw.line([(x0, cy0 + MARGIN), (x0, cy0 + ch - MARGIN)], fill=RULE)
         label = day.strftime("%a %-d") if day != today else f"* {day.strftime('%a %-d')}"
-        draw_text(img, (x0 + 6, MARGIN), _truncate_to_width(draw, label, header_font, col_w - 10), header_font)
+        draw_text(img, (x0 + 6, cy0 + MARGIN), _truncate_to_width(draw, label, header_font, col_w - 10), header_font)
 
-        y = MARGIN + header_h
+        y = cy0 + MARGIN + header_h
         # Columns are narrow, so only what actually fits gets drawn (see
         # weather_render.draw_weather_row) -- typically one city, no label
         # (the column itself makes which day it's for obvious; a city name
@@ -640,14 +638,14 @@ def _build_week(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h:
                                   icon_r=8, font=weather_font, units=weather_units, show_labels=False,
                                   palette_rgb=palette_rgb)
         row_h = chip_font.size + 10
-        max_rows = max(0, (target_h - MARGIN - y) // row_h)
+        max_rows = max(0, (cy0 + ch - MARGIN - y) // row_h)
         day_events = _events_on_day(events, day, tz)
         for i, event in enumerate(day_events):
             if i >= max_rows:
-                draw_text(img, (x0 + 6, y), f"+{len(day_events) - max_rows}", chip_font, MUTED)
+                draw_text(img, (x0 + 6, y), f"+{len(day_events) - max_rows}", chip_font)
                 break
             colors = _event_colors(event, owners_seen, palette_rgb)
-            _draw_color_bar(draw, x0 + 4, y + 1, x0 + 11, y + row_h - 5, colors, radius=2)
+            panel_style.draw_color_chip(draw, x0 + 4, y + 1, x0 + 11, y + row_h - 5, colors, radius=2)
             if event["all_day"]:
                 _draw_mixed_line(img, draw, (x0 + 16, y), event["summary"], chip_font, col_w - 20)
             else:
@@ -672,39 +670,60 @@ def _build_month(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h
                  week_start: int, palette_rgb: list | None = None) -> Image.Image:
     """Density dots per day, not literal event text -- real text at
     typical month-cell size (~100x70px) is close to unreadable on a
-    6-color dithered e-ink panel. Capped at 4 visible dots, "+N" beyond."""
+    6-color dithered e-ink panel. Capped at 4 visible dots, "+N" beyond.
-    img = Image.new("RGB", (target_w, target_h), BG)
+    "Not in this month" day numbers used to be a muted gray -- now
-    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
+    de-emphasized by weight instead (Regular vs. Bold), same reasoning
+    as everywhere else this module dropped MUTED -- see module-level
+    comment above MARGIN/BG/FG."""
+    img, draw, (cx0, cy0, cw, ch) = panel_style.card_canvas(target_w, target_h)
 
     header_size, day_size = _MONTH_FONTS[_size_tier(target_w, target_h)]
-    header_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=header_size)
+    header_font = panel_style.font_bold(header_size)
-    day_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=day_size)
+    day_font_in_month = panel_style.font_bold(day_size)
+    day_font_out_of_month = panel_style.font_regular(day_size)
 
     today = datetime.now(tz).date()
     target_month = _add_months(date(today.year, today.month, 1), browse_offset)
     weeks = list(calendar_module.Calendar(firstweekday=week_start).monthdatescalendar(target_month.year, target_month.month))
 
-    col_w = (target_w - MARGIN * 2) // 7
+    col_w = (cw - MARGIN * 2) // 7
     header_h = 28
-    grid_top = MARGIN + header_h
+    grid_top = cy0 + MARGIN + header_h
-    row_h = (target_h - MARGIN - grid_top) // len(weeks)
+    row_h = (cy0 + ch - MARGIN - grid_top) // len(weeks)
+    today_accent = panel_style.theme_color("calendar", palette_rgb)
+    today_badge_r = min(panel_style.CHIP_RADIUS, 9)
 
     day_names = WEEKDAY_NAMES[week_start:] + WEEKDAY_NAMES[:week_start]
     for col, name in enumerate(day_names):
-        draw_text(img, (MARGIN + col * col_w + 6, MARGIN), name[:3], header_font, MUTED)
+        draw_text(img, (cx0 + MARGIN + col * col_w + 6, cy0 + MARGIN), name[:3], header_font)
 
     owners_seen: list[str] = []
     dot_r = 6
     for row, week in enumerate(weeks):
         for col, day in enumerate(week):
-            x0 = MARGIN + col * col_w
+            x0 = cx0 + MARGIN + col * col_w
             y0 = grid_top + row * row_h
             draw.rectangle([x0, y0, x0 + col_w, y0 + row_h], outline=RULE)
             in_month = day.month == target_month.month
-            text_color = FG if in_month else MUTED
             if day == today:
-                draw.rectangle([x0 + 2, y0 + 2, x0 + 24, y0 + 20], outline=FG)
+                # A filled accent badge (this widget's own theme color,
-            draw_text(img, (x0 + 6, y0 + 4), str(day.day), day_font, text_color)
+                # see panel_style.THEME) instead of the old bare outline
+                # -- an actual "today" indicator, not just an outline
+                # easy to miss at ~24px. Sized around the actual digit
+                # bbox (not a fixed pixel box) so a bold 2-digit day
+                # number ("30") fits as comfortably as a single digit
+                # ("3") at every size tier.
+                day_str = str(day.day)
+                text_x, text_y = x0 + 6, y0 + 4
+                dbbox = draw.textbbox((text_x, text_y), day_str, font=day_font_in_month)
+                pad = 3
+                badge_rect = [dbbox[0] - pad, dbbox[1] - pad, dbbox[2] + pad, dbbox[3] + pad]
+                badge_r = min(today_badge_r, (badge_rect[3] - badge_rect[1]) // 2)
+                draw.rounded_rectangle(badge_rect, radius=badge_r, fill=today_accent)
+                draw_text(img, (text_x, text_y), day_str, day_font_in_month, BG)
+            else:
+                day_font = day_font_in_month if in_month else day_font_out_of_month
+                draw_text(img, (x0 + 6, y0 + 4), str(day.day), day_font)
 
             day_events = _events_on_day(events, day, tz)
             dot_x = x0 + 8
@@ -718,7 +737,7 @@ def _build_month(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h
                 draw.ellipse([dot_x, dot_y, dot_x + dot_r * 2, dot_y + dot_r * 2], fill=event_color)
                 dot_x += dot_r * 2 + 5
             if len(day_events) > 4:
-                draw_text(img, (dot_x, dot_y - 2), f"+{len(day_events) - 4}", header_font, MUTED)
+                draw_text(img, (dot_x, dot_y - 2), f"+{len(day_events) - 4}", header_font)
 
     return img
 
@@ -759,8 +778,13 @@ def _build(events: list[dict], view: str, browse_offset: int, target_w: int, tar
                             weather_cities, weather_units)
 
     if fetch_summary:
-        font = ImageFont.load_default(size=14 if _size_tier(target_w, target_h) != "small" else 11)
+        # Drawn as a final overlay onto the already-composited img (not
-        draw_text(img, (MARGIN, target_h - MARGIN - font.size), fetch_summary, font, MUTED)
+        # inside any one _build_* branch above), so it offsets by
+        # panel_style.GUTTER itself to land inside the same visible
+        # margin every builder's own content already respects.
+        font = panel_style.font_regular(14 if _size_tier(target_w, target_h) != "small" else 11)
+        draw_text(img, (panel_style.GUTTER + MARGIN, target_h - panel_style.GUTTER - MARGIN - font.size),
+                 fetch_summary, font)
 
     return img
 
@@ -815,12 +839,11 @@ def _build_tasks(tasks: list[dict], target_w: int, target_h: int, palette_rgb: l
     """A tasks widget's entire region is the checklist -- unlike the old
     week-view slot, there's no day columns/header to share space with,
     so this is just _draw_tasks over the whole box."""
-    img = Image.new("RGB", (target_w, target_h), BG)
+    img, draw, region = panel_style.card_canvas(target_w, target_h)
-    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
     title_size, body_size = _TASKS_FONTS[_size_tier(target_w, target_h)]
-    title_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=title_size)
+    title_font = panel_style.font_bold(title_size)
-    body_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=body_size)
+    body_font = panel_style.font_regular(body_size)
-    _draw_tasks(img, draw, (0, 0, target_w, target_h), tasks, title_font, body_font, palette_rgb, title)
+    _draw_tasks(img, draw, region, tasks, title_font, body_font, palette_rgb, title)
     return img
 
 

server/app/image_pipeline.py

@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ def _dotted_edge(draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, x0: float, y0: float, x1: float, y1:
         pos += spacing
 
 
-def draw_widget_border(img: Image.Image, style: str, thickness: int, color: tuple[int, int, int]) -> None:
+def draw_widget_border(img: Image.Image, style: str, thickness: int, color: tuple[int, int, int],
+                       radius: int = 0) -> None:
     """Draws a border inset within img's own bounds, mutating it in
     place -- called once per widget's own region (routers/device.py's
     _render_widgets, and each widget type's own dialog preview) before
@@ -74,23 +75,43 @@ def draw_widget_border(img: Image.Image, style: str, thickness: int, color: tupl
     "solid"/"dashed"/"dotted" are a single thickness-px stroke traced
     just inside the image's edge; "fancy" is two thinner concentric
     strokes with a gap between them, picture-frame-mat style. "none" (or
-    a non-positive thickness) draws nothing."""
+    a non-positive thickness) draws nothing. `radius` is opt-in and only
+    honored by "solid"/"fancy" (rounded_rectangle instead of rectangle) --
+    "dashed"/"dotted" trace each of the 4 edges as independent straight
+    segments (see _dashed_edge/_dotted_edge) and ignore it, a documented
+    limitation rather than a bug. Defaults to 0 (unchanged sharp-corner
+    behavior) and no call site passes non-zero today -- this ships the
+    capability for a future per-widget "rounded border" setting without
+    changing default behavior anywhere (see tests/test_widget_border.py's
+    exact-corner-pixel assertions)."""
     if style == "none" or thickness <= 0:
         return
     w, h = img.size
     t = max(1, min(int(thickness), min(w, h) // 2))
     draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
+    r = max(0, min(radius, (w - 1) // 2, (h - 1) // 2))
 
     if style == "fancy":
         line_t = max(1, t // 3)
         gap = max(2, t - 2 * line_t)
+        if r:
+            draw.rounded_rectangle([0, 0, w - 1, h - 1], radius=r, outline=color, width=line_t)
+        else:
             draw.rectangle([0, 0, w - 1, h - 1], outline=color, width=line_t)
         inset = line_t + gap
         if w - 2 * inset > 1 and h - 2 * inset > 1:
+            inner_r = max(0, min(r - inset, (w - 1 - 2 * inset) // 2, (h - 1 - 2 * inset) // 2)) if r else 0
+            if inner_r:
+                draw.rounded_rectangle([inset, inset, w - 1 - inset, h - 1 - inset], radius=inner_r,
+                                       outline=color, width=line_t)
+            else:
                 draw.rectangle([inset, inset, w - 1 - inset, h - 1 - inset], outline=color, width=line_t)
         return
 
     if style == "solid":
+        if r:
+            draw.rounded_rectangle([0, 0, w - 1, h - 1], radius=r, outline=color, width=t)
+        else:
             draw.rectangle([0, 0, w - 1, h - 1], outline=color, width=t)
         return
 

server/app/manage_overlay.py

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
 
-from .image_pipeline import DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB, draw_text
+from . import panel_style
+from .image_pipeline import draw_text
 
 PADDING = 16
 QR_TEXT_GAP = 8
@@ -27,9 +28,12 @@ BODY_FONT_SIZE = 20
 
 BATTERY_ICON_W = 40
 BATTERY_ICON_H = 22
-BATTERY_ICON_STROKE = 2
+# Stroke/nub width/height are no longer fixed constants here -- panel_
+# style.draw_battery_icon derives them from icon_w/icon_h itself (same
+# formula widgets/battery.py's own icon already used). BATTERY_NUB_W
+# below is kept only as this box's own outer-width estimate, not fed
+# into the icon drawing itself.
 BATTERY_NUB_W = 5
-BATTERY_NUB_H = 10
 BATTERY_ICON_TEXT_GAP = 8
 BATTERY_REGION_GAP = 8  # vertical gap below the manage QR box
 
@@ -37,10 +41,6 @@ FACE_LABEL_PADDING = 8
 FACE_LABEL_GAP = 4  # distance from the face's anchor point to the label box
 
 
-def _font(size: int) -> ImageFont.ImageFont:
-    return ImageFont.load_default(size=size)
-
-
 def _qr_image(url: str, target_px: int = QR_TARGET_PX) -> Image.Image:
     import qrcode
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def _qr_image(url: str, target_px: int = QR_TARGET_PX) -> Image.Image:
     return raw.resize((raw.width * scale, raw.height * scale), Image.NEAREST)
 
 
-def _text_box(draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, lines: list[str], font: ImageFont.ImageFont) -> tuple[int, int]:
+def _text_box(draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, lines: list[str], font: ImageFont.FreeTypeFont) -> tuple[int, int]:
     """(width, height) of `lines` stacked with LINE_GAP between them, at
     `font` -- the box _draw_text_box below will need."""
     w = 0
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def _text_box(draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, lines: list[str], font: ImageFont.Image
     return w, h
 
 
-def _draw_centered_lines(img: Image.Image, draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, lines: list[str], font: ImageFont.ImageFont,
+def _draw_centered_lines(img: Image.Image, draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, lines: list[str], font: ImageFont.FreeTypeFont,
                          center_x: int, top: int) -> None:
     y = top
     for line in lines:
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ def _draw_qr_box(img: Image.Image, draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, url: str, caption:
     (the battery, below the manage QR) use it instead of recomputing the
     same geometry a second time."""
     qr_img = _qr_image(url)
-    text_w, text_h = _text_box(draw, caption, _font(TITLE_FONT_SIZE)) if caption else (0, 0)
+    caption_font = panel_style.font_bold(TITLE_FONT_SIZE)
+    text_w, text_h = _text_box(draw, caption, caption_font) if caption else (0, 0)
     content_w = max(qr_img.width, text_w)
     content_h = qr_img.height + (QR_TEXT_GAP + text_h if caption else 0)
 
@@ -90,24 +91,26 @@ def _draw_qr_box(img: Image.Image, draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, url: str, caption:
     h = content_h + PADDING * 2
     x0, y0 = _corner_origin(img.size, (w, h), corner)
 
-    draw.rectangle([x0, y0, x0 + w, y0 + h], fill=(255, 255, 255), outline=(0, 0, 0))
+    draw.rounded_rectangle([x0, y0, x0 + w, y0 + h], radius=panel_style.CHIP_RADIUS,
+                           fill=(255, 255, 255), outline=(0, 0, 0))
     center_x = x0 + w // 2
     img.paste(qr_img, (center_x - qr_img.width // 2, y0 + PADDING))
     if caption:
-        _draw_centered_lines(img, draw, caption, _font(TITLE_FONT_SIZE), center_x, y0 + PADDING + qr_img.height + QR_TEXT_GAP)
+        _draw_centered_lines(img, draw, caption, caption_font, center_x, y0 + PADDING + qr_img.height + QR_TEXT_GAP)
     return x0, y0, w, h
 
 
 def _draw_text_box(img: Image.Image, draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, lines: list[str], corner: str) -> None:
     """White-padded box with centered text lines, placed in one of the
     panel's four corners."""
-    font = _font(BODY_FONT_SIZE)
+    font = panel_style.font_regular(BODY_FONT_SIZE)
     text_w, text_h = _text_box(draw, lines, font)
     w = text_w + PADDING * 2
     h = text_h + PADDING * 2
     x0, y0 = _corner_origin(img.size, (w, h), corner)
 
-    draw.rectangle([x0, y0, x0 + w, y0 + h], fill=(255, 255, 255), outline=(0, 0, 0))
+    draw.rounded_rectangle([x0, y0, x0 + w, y0 + h], radius=panel_style.CHIP_RADIUS,
+                           fill=(255, 255, 255), outline=(0, 0, 0))
     _draw_centered_lines(img, draw, lines, font, x0 + w // 2, y0 + PADDING)
 
 
@@ -123,34 +126,17 @@ def _corner_origin(img_size: tuple[int, int], box_size: tuple[int, int], corner:
     return img_w - PANEL_MARGIN - box_w, img_h - PANEL_MARGIN - box_h  # bottom-right
 
 
-# DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB order is [BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW, RED, BLUE, GREEN]
-# (see image_pipeline.PANEL_CODES) -- picked by level so the fill itself
-# carries the "how worried should I be" signal, not just the number next
-# to it. Thresholds match the low-battery-alert spirit elsewhere in this
-# project (not tied to a frame's own configured alert threshold, since
-# this glyph has to make sense with no configuration at all).
-_BATTERY_LOW = DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB[3]  # red
-_BATTERY_MEDIUM = DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB[2]  # yellow
-_BATTERY_HIGH = DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB[5]  # green
-
-
-def _battery_fill_color(percent: int) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
-    if percent <= 15:
-        return _BATTERY_LOW
-    if percent <= 40:
-        return _BATTERY_MEDIUM
-    return _BATTERY_HIGH
-
-
 def _draw_battery(img: Image.Image, draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, percent: int, anchor_x0: int, anchor_y0: int,
                   anchor_w: int, anchor_h: int) -> None:
-    """Battery glyph (now actually filled to `percent`, not just a static
+    """Battery glyph + "NN%" text, right-aligned under the given anchor
-    outline -- easy now that this renders server-side instead of being a
+    box (the manage QR box) -- a sensible default position, not a
-    fixed bitmap firmware drew) + "NN%" text, right-aligned under the
+    constraint anything else has to route around; move this call site's
-    given anchor box (the manage QR box) -- a sensible default position,
+    arguments to place it anywhere else instead. The glyph itself is
-    not a constraint anything else has to route around; move this call
+    panel_style.draw_battery_icon -- the one shared implementation
-    site's arguments to place it anywhere else instead."""
+    replacing what used to be a second, independent copy of widgets/
-    font = _font(BODY_FONT_SIZE)
+    battery.py's own icon-drawing code (same shape, same red/yellow/
+    green thresholds, previously kept in sync by convention only)."""
+    font = panel_style.font_regular(BODY_FONT_SIZE)
     text = f"{percent}%"
     icon_total_w = BATTERY_ICON_W + BATTERY_NUB_W
     text_w = draw.textlength(text, font=font)
@@ -162,22 +148,14 @@ def _draw_battery(img: Image.Image, draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, percent: int, anc
     x0 = anchor_x0 + anchor_w - w
     y0 = anchor_y0 + anchor_h + BATTERY_REGION_GAP
 
-    draw.rectangle([x0, y0, x0 + w, y0 + h], fill=(255, 255, 255), outline=(0, 0, 0))
+    draw.rounded_rectangle([x0, y0, x0 + w, y0 + h], radius=panel_style.CHIP_RADIUS,
+                           fill=(255, 255, 255), outline=(0, 0, 0))
 
     icon_x = x0 + PADDING
     icon_y = y0 + PADDING + (content_h - BATTERY_ICON_H) // 2
-    inner_x0, inner_y0 = icon_x + BATTERY_ICON_STROKE, icon_y + BATTERY_ICON_STROKE
+    panel_style.draw_battery_icon(draw, icon_x, icon_y, BATTERY_ICON_W, BATTERY_ICON_H, percent)
-    inner_x1, inner_y1 = icon_x + BATTERY_ICON_W - BATTERY_ICON_STROKE, icon_y + BATTERY_ICON_H - BATTERY_ICON_STROKE
-    fill_x1 = inner_x0 + round((inner_x1 - inner_x0) * (percent / 100))
-    if fill_x1 > inner_x0:
-        draw.rectangle([inner_x0, inner_y0, fill_x1, inner_y1], fill=_battery_fill_color(percent))
-    draw.rectangle([icon_x, icon_y, icon_x + BATTERY_ICON_W, icon_y + BATTERY_ICON_H], outline=(0, 0, 0),
-                   width=BATTERY_ICON_STROKE)
-    nub_y = icon_y + (BATTERY_ICON_H - BATTERY_NUB_H) // 2
-    draw.rectangle([icon_x + BATTERY_ICON_W, nub_y, icon_x + BATTERY_ICON_W + BATTERY_NUB_W, nub_y + BATTERY_NUB_H],
-                   fill=(0, 0, 0))
     draw_text(img, (icon_x + icon_total_w + BATTERY_ICON_TEXT_GAP, y0 + PADDING + (content_h - font.size) // 2),
-             text, font)
+             text, font, panel_style.battery_fill_color(percent))
 
 
 def _draw_face_label(img: Image.Image, draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, name: str, anchor_x: int, anchor_y: int) -> None:
@@ -185,7 +163,7 @@ def _draw_face_label(img: Image.Image, draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, name: str, anc
     anchor_y) point, flipped above if there's no room below, clamped to
     stay fully on-panel -- unlike the four corner boxes (always in-bounds
     by construction), a face can be anywhere, including near an edge."""
-    font = _font(BODY_FONT_SIZE)
+    font = panel_style.font_regular(BODY_FONT_SIZE)
     text_w = draw.textlength(name, font=font)
     bbox = draw.textbbox((0, 0), name, font=font)
     text_h = bbox[3] - bbox[1]
@@ -201,7 +179,8 @@ def _draw_face_label(img: Image.Image, draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, name: str, anc
     x0 = max(0, min(x0, img_w - w))
     y0 = max(0, min(y0, img_h - h))
 
-    draw.rectangle([x0, y0, x0 + w, y0 + h], fill=(255, 255, 255), outline=(0, 0, 0))
+    draw.rounded_rectangle([x0, y0, x0 + w, y0 + h], radius=panel_style.CHIP_RADIUS,
+                           fill=(255, 255, 255), outline=(0, 0, 0))
     draw_text(img, (x0 + FACE_LABEL_PADDING, y0 + FACE_LABEL_PADDING - bbox[1]), name, font)
 
 

server/app/panel_style.py

@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+"""Shared visual language for everything drawn onto the e-ink panel
+(excluding widgets/text.py, which already has its own richer multi-
+family font picker and is left alone) -- spacing, ink-color resolution,
+Inter font loading, and the small set of drawing primitives
+(header bar, color chip, battery icon) more than one render module needs.
+
+Centralizes what used to be independently redefined per render file
+(calendar_render.py/weather_render.py each had their own MARGIN/BG/FG/
+RULE, widgets/battery.py and manage_overlay.py each had their own
+battery-glyph-drawing code) so the panel reads as one consistent system
+instead of N separately-styled widgets. Still bound by the same hard
+constraints as everything else that draws before the single whole-canvas
+quantize/dither pass (see image_pipeline.py's module docstring/draw_text):
+every fill here is one of DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB's 6 exact colors, and text
+always routes through image_pipeline.draw_text.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from functools import lru_cache
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
+
+from .image_pipeline import DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB
+
+# Spacing scale. CONTENT_MARGIN carries over calendar_render.py/
+# weather_render.py's own long-tuned MARGIN=20 value unchanged (not
+# re-tuned -- every wrap/truncation-width calc in those modules was
+# measured against it). GUTTER is new: the inset every widget applies
+# within its own target_w x target_h box (see card_canvas) to get a
+# visible seam between adjacent widgets without touching grid.py's
+# zero-gap cell math.
+GUTTER = 6
+CONTENT_MARGIN = 20
+CARD_RADIUS = 12
+CHIP_RADIUS = 4
+
+# Index constants into DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB/a frame's own Frame.
+# palette_rgb override -- same order as image_pipeline.PALETTE_LABELS.
+BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW, RED, BLUE, GREEN = range(6)
+
+# Which accent ink each widget kind's chrome (header bar, task checkbox,
+# etc.) uses -- one dict, so "what color is a calendar header" has a
+# single answer instead of being hardcoded separately everywhere a
+# render module wants it. This is what makes a future global color
+# theme *possible* without another pass through every render module: a
+# per-frame override just needs to pick a different THEME mapping (or
+# remap individual entries) here and resolve through theme_color/ink
+# below, which already goes through a frame's own tuned Frame.
+# palette_rgb -- swapping a slot's actual RGB (e.g. a custom "blue")
+# already re-themes every widget that uses THEME_CALENDAR for its
+# header, with no other code to touch. Weather deliberately maps to
+# BLACK, not a color -- see weather_render's header call site -- so its
+# own hand-drawn, already-colorful icons stay the star.
+THEME_CALENDAR = BLUE
+THEME_TASKS = GREEN
+THEME_WEATHER = BLACK
+THEME = {"calendar": THEME_CALENDAR, "tasks": THEME_TASKS, "weather": THEME_WEATHER}
+
+
+def theme_color(widget_kind: str, palette_rgb: list | None = None) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
+    """THEME[widget_kind] resolved against this frame's actual palette --
+    the one call every render module's header/accent chrome should go
+    through instead of hardcoding a palette index inline."""
+    return ink(palette_rgb, THEME[widget_kind])
+
+
+def ink(palette_rgb: list | None, index: int) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
+    """One of this frame's actual panel colors by DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB
+    index -- generalizes the same resolution idiom weather_render._ink/
+    calendar_render._event_colors already used locally, so a custom
+    palette override (Frame.palette_rgb) still gets its own actual
+    yellow/red/blue/green, and every fill stays an exact, ditherless
+    palette match either way."""
+    return tuple((palette_rgb or DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB)[index])
+
+
+_FONT_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "fonts"
+
+
+@lru_cache(maxsize=256)
+def font_bold(size: int) -> ImageFont.FreeTypeFont:
+    return ImageFont.truetype(str(_FONT_DIR / "Inter-Bold.ttf"), size)
+
+
+@lru_cache(maxsize=256)
+def font_regular(size: int) -> ImageFont.FreeTypeFont:
+    return ImageFont.truetype(str(_FONT_DIR / "Inter-Regular.ttf"), size)
+
+
+def card_canvas(target_w: int, target_h: int,
+               bg: tuple[int, int, int] = (255, 255, 255)) -> tuple:
+    """A full target_w x target_h canvas filled with `bg`, plus the
+    GUTTER-inset rect (x0, y0, w, h) every widget should draw its actual
+    chrome/content within -- this is the whole mechanism behind the
+    gutter between widgets (see module docstring): the widget's render()
+    contract (exact target_w x target_h in, same size out, unchanged) is
+    what routers/device.py pastes and what draw_widget_border frames, so
+    a border still frames the widget's true full box; only the widget's
+    own drawing backs off from that box's true edge."""
+    img = Image.new("RGB", (target_w, target_h), bg)
+    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
+    x0, y0 = GUTTER, GUTTER
+    w, h = max(1, target_w - 2 * GUTTER), max(1, target_h - 2 * GUTTER)
+    return img, draw, (x0, y0, w, h)
+
+
+def _clamped_radius(radius: int, w: int, h: int) -> int:
+    return max(0, min(radius, w // 2, h // 2))
+
+
+def draw_header_bar(draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, rect: tuple[int, int, int, int], height: int,
+                    fill: tuple[int, int, int], radius: int = CARD_RADIUS) -> None:
+    """A widget's title bar: rounded top corners only (corners=(tl, tr,
+    bl, br), the bottom pair left square) so it reads as a card's header
+    fused to the content below it, not a standalone pill floating with a
+    gap above its own body."""
+    x0, y0, w, h = rect
+    r = _clamped_radius(radius, w, height * 2)
+    draw.rounded_rectangle([x0, y0, x0 + w, y0 + height], radius=r, fill=fill,
+                           corners=(True, True, False, False))
+
+
+def draw_color_chip(draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, x0: int, y0: int, x1: int, y1: int,
+                    colors: list[tuple[int, int, int]], radius: int = CHIP_RADIUS) -> None:
+    """One rounded chip for a single-source event/task, or that same
+    footprint split into equal-width side-by-side segments -- one per
+    contributing calendar -- for a deduplicated shared event (see
+    calendar_render._event_colors/calendar_feed.merge_events). Splitting
+    rather than e.g. concentric rings keeps every color equally "thick
+    and bold" at a glance, the same design goal a single pinned color
+    already has. Generalizes calendar_render.py's old private
+    _draw_color_bar so the radius comes from one shared constant."""
+    if len(colors) == 1:
+        r = _clamped_radius(radius, x1 - x0, y1 - y0)
+        draw.rounded_rectangle([x0, y0, x1, y1], radius=r, fill=colors[0])
+        return
+    seg_w = (x1 - x0) / len(colors)
+    for i, color in enumerate(colors):
+        seg_x0 = round(x0 + i * seg_w)
+        seg_x1 = round(x0 + (i + 1) * seg_w) - (2 if i < len(colors) - 1 else 0)
+        draw.rectangle([seg_x0, y0, seg_x1, y1], fill=color)
+
+
+def battery_fill_color(percent: int, palette_rgb: list | None = None) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
+    """Red/yellow/green by charge level -- the fill itself carries the
+    "how worried should I be" signal, not just the number next to it.
+    Shared threshold logic for widgets/battery.py and manage_overlay.py,
+    which previously each defined the same three-tier thresholds twice."""
+    if percent <= 15:
+        return ink(palette_rgb, RED)
+    if percent <= 40:
+        return ink(palette_rgb, YELLOW)
+    return ink(palette_rgb, GREEN)
+
+
+def draw_battery_icon(draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, x0: int, y0: int, icon_w: int, icon_h: int,
+                      percent: int, palette_rgb: list | None = None) -> None:
+    """A rounded battery glyph -- outline + charge-level fill + terminal
+    nub -- anchored at (x0, y0), the body's own top-left corner (the nub
+    extends past icon_w on the right). The one shared implementation
+    behind what used to be two separate ImageDraw glyphs: widgets/
+    battery.py's own icon+percent widget, and manage_overlay.py's compact
+    battery readout on the "scan to manage" overlay -- same shape, same
+    red/yellow/green thresholds, previously kept in sync by convention
+    rather than by sharing code."""
+    stroke = max(2, icon_h // 12)
+    nub_w = max(3, icon_w // 10)
+    nub_h = icon_h // 2
+    radius = _clamped_radius(icon_h // 6, icon_w, icon_h)
+
+    inner_x0, inner_y0 = x0 + stroke, y0 + stroke
+    inner_x1, inner_y1 = x0 + icon_w - stroke, y0 + icon_h - stroke
+    fill_x1 = inner_x0 + round((inner_x1 - inner_x0) * (max(0, min(100, percent)) / 100))
+    if fill_x1 > inner_x0:
+        fill_radius = _clamped_radius(radius, fill_x1 - inner_x0, inner_y1 - inner_y0)
+        draw.rounded_rectangle([inner_x0, inner_y0, fill_x1, inner_y1], radius=fill_radius,
+                               fill=battery_fill_color(percent, palette_rgb))
+    draw.rounded_rectangle([x0, y0, x0 + icon_w, y0 + icon_h], radius=radius, outline=(0, 0, 0), width=stroke)
+    nub_y = y0 + (icon_h - nub_h) // 2
+    nub_radius = _clamped_radius(max(1, nub_w // 3), nub_w, nub_h)
+    draw.rounded_rectangle([x0 + icon_w, nub_y, x0 + icon_w + nub_w, nub_y + nub_h], radius=nub_radius,
+                           fill=(0, 0, 0))

server/app/weather_render.py

@@ -33,23 +33,27 @@ from datetime import date, datetime
 
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
 
-from .image_pipeline import DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB, _apply_manage_overlay, _quantize, draw_text, logical_render_size
+from . import panel_style
+from .image_pipeline import _apply_manage_overlay, _quantize, draw_text, logical_render_size
 
-MARGIN = 20
+# MARGIN carries panel_style.CONTENT_MARGIN's value unchanged (not
+# re-tuned -- every column-width/icon-size calc below was measured
+# against 20px). BG/FG are this module's own cloud-icon fill/outline and
+# fog-line color (see draw_cloud/draw_weather_icon), not a text-emphasis
+# concern -- those live in panel_style (font_bold/font_regular, no MUTED
+# gray -- see its module docstring for why).
+MARGIN = panel_style.CONTENT_MARGIN
 BG = (255, 255, 255)
 FG = (0, 0, 0)
-MUTED = (110, 110, 110)
-RULE = (0, 0, 0)
 
 
 def _ink(palette_rgb: list | None, index: int) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
     """One of this frame's actual panel colors by DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB
     index (2=yellow, 3=red, 4=blue, 5=green -- 0/1 are black/white,
-    already this module's BG/FG) -- same resolution idiom as
+    already this module's BG/FG) -- thin wrapper over panel_style.ink
-    calendar_render.py's _event_colors, so a custom palette override
+    (which generalized this same resolution idiom), kept so every
-    (Frame.palette_rgb) still gets its own actual yellow/blue, and every
+    draw_weather_icon call site below doesn't need touching."""
-    fill stays an exact, ditherless palette match either way."""
+    return panel_style.ink(palette_rgb, index)
-    return tuple((palette_rgb or DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB)[index])
 
 
 def draw_cloud(draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, cx: float, cy: float, r: float, fill=BG, outline=FG) -> None:
@@ -203,14 +207,17 @@ def _format_hour_label(iso_time: str) -> str:
 
 
 def _fit_font_size(draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, texts: list[str], max_width: int, max_size: int,
-                   min_size: int = 9) -> int:
+                   min_size: int = 9, font_loader=panel_style.font_bold) -> int:
     """Largest size <= max_size at which every string in `texts` fits
     within max_width -- used to size a per-column label/temp font against
     the actual column width instead of an icon-radius-derived guess,
     which (e.g. "Tomorrow" vs. "Wed") let long labels overlap into the
-    next column at a large icon size on a narrow column."""
+    next column at a large icon size on a narrow column. Measured against
+    `font_loader` (default Inter Bold -- the wider of the two weights a
+    column actually mixes, a label in Regular and a temp in Bold, so
+    fitting against Bold keeps both safely inside max_width)."""
     for size in range(max_size, min_size - 1, -1):
-        font = ImageFont.load_default(size=size)
+        font = font_loader(size)
         if all(draw.textlength(t, font=font) <= max_width for t in texts):
             return size
     return min_size
@@ -232,29 +239,28 @@ def build_current(entry: dict | None, target_w: int, target_h: int, palette_rgb:
     (callers normally catch that earlier and show a placeholder instead,
     but this degrades to a blank canvas rather than erroring either
     way)."""
-    img = Image.new("RGB", (target_w, target_h), BG)
+    img, draw, (cx0, cy0, cw, ch) = panel_style.card_canvas(target_w, target_h)
     if not entry:
         return img
-    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
 
-    icon_r = max(20, min(target_w, target_h) // 4)
+    icon_r = max(20, min(cw, ch) // 4)
-    cx, cy = target_w // 2, target_h // 2 - icon_r // 2
+    cx, cy = cx0 + cw // 2, cy0 + ch // 2 - icon_r // 2
     draw_weather_icon(draw, cx, cy, icon_r, entry["category"], palette_rgb)
 
     unit_suffix = "F" if units == "fahrenheit" else "C"
-    temp_size = max(24, min(target_w, target_h) // 3)
+    temp_size = max(24, min(cw, ch) // 3)
-    temp_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=temp_size)
+    temp_font = panel_style.font_bold(temp_size)
     temp_text = f"{round(entry['temp'])}°{unit_suffix}"
     bbox = draw.textbbox((0, 0), temp_text, font=temp_font)
     temp_y = cy + icon_r + 12
-    draw_text(img, (target_w // 2 - (bbox[2] - bbox[0]) // 2, temp_y), temp_text, temp_font)
+    draw_text(img, (cx0 + cw // 2 - (bbox[2] - bbox[0]) // 2, temp_y), temp_text, temp_font)
 
     if city_label:
         label_size = max(12, temp_size // 3)
-        label_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=label_size)
+        label_font = panel_style.font_regular(label_size)
         lbbox = draw.textbbox((0, 0), city_label, font=label_font)
-        draw_text(img, (target_w // 2 - (lbbox[2] - lbbox[0]) // 2, temp_y + temp_size + 8),
+        draw_text(img, (cx0 + cw // 2 - (lbbox[2] - lbbox[0]) // 2, temp_y + temp_size + 8),
-                 city_label, label_font, MUTED)
+                 city_label, label_font)
     return img
 
 
@@ -265,19 +271,23 @@ def build_hourly(entries: list[dict], target_w: int, target_h: int, palette_rgb:
     fetch_hourly), each showing an hour label, icon, and temp. Same
     "draw however many fit" graceful degradation as draw_weather_row if
     the box is too narrow for every tick."""
-    img = Image.new("RGB", (target_w, target_h), BG)
+    img, draw, (cx0, cy0, cw, ch) = panel_style.card_canvas(target_w, target_h)
-    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
+    text_x0 = cx0 + MARGIN
-    text_x0 = MARGIN
+    text_w = cw - MARGIN * 2
-    text_w = target_w - MARGIN * 2
+    y = cy0 + MARGIN
-    y = MARGIN
 
-    title_size = max(14, min(target_w, target_h) // 16)
+    title_size = max(14, min(cw, ch) // 16)
     if city_label:
-        title_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=title_size)
+        # A filled header bar (this widget's chosen accent is black, not
-        draw_text(img, (text_x0, y), city_label, title_font)
+        # a color, so the hand-drawn icons below stay the star -- see
-        y += title_size + 10
+        # panel_style module docstring) replaces the old plain title +
-        draw.line([(text_x0, y), (text_x0 + text_w, y)], fill=RULE)
+        # thin rule line.
-        y += 12
+        header_h = title_size + 20
+        panel_style.draw_header_bar(draw, (cx0, cy0, cw, header_h), header_h,
+                                    panel_style.theme_color("weather", palette_rgb))
+        title_font = panel_style.font_bold(title_size)
+        draw_text(img, (text_x0, cy0 + (header_h - title_size) // 2), city_label, title_font, BG)
+        y = cy0 + header_h + 12
 
     # Capped to however many columns actually fit at a legible width
     # (narrower widgets/smaller intervals just show fewer ticks) rather
@@ -290,23 +300,24 @@ def build_hourly(entries: list[dict], target_w: int, target_h: int, palette_rgb:
     if not ticks:
         return img
     col_w = max(1, text_w // len(ticks))
-    icon_r = max(10, min(col_w // 3, (target_h - y - MARGIN) // 4))
+    icon_r = max(10, min(col_w // 3, (cy0 + ch - y - MARGIN) // 4))
     unit_suffix = "F" if units == "fahrenheit" else "C"
     time_labels = [_format_hour_label(e["time"]) for e in ticks]
     temp_labels = [f"{round(e['temp'])}°{unit_suffix}" for e in ticks]
     label_size = _fit_font_size(draw, time_labels + temp_labels, col_w - 6, max_size=icon_r)
-    label_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=label_size)
+    time_font = panel_style.font_regular(label_size)
+    temp_font = panel_style.font_bold(label_size)
 
     for i, entry in enumerate(ticks):
         cx = text_x0 + i * col_w + col_w // 2
         time_label = time_labels[i]
-        tbbox = draw.textbbox((0, 0), time_label, font=label_font)
+        tbbox = draw.textbbox((0, 0), time_label, font=time_font)
-        draw_text(img, (cx - (tbbox[2] - tbbox[0]) // 2, y), time_label, label_font, MUTED)
+        draw_text(img, (cx - (tbbox[2] - tbbox[0]) // 2, y), time_label, time_font)
         cy = y + label_size + 10 + icon_r
         draw_weather_icon(draw, cx, cy, icon_r, entry["category"], palette_rgb)
         temp_label = temp_labels[i]
-        tempbbox = draw.textbbox((0, 0), temp_label, font=label_font)
+        tempbbox = draw.textbbox((0, 0), temp_label, font=temp_font)
-        draw_text(img, (cx - (tempbbox[2] - tempbbox[0]) // 2, cy + icon_r + 6), temp_label, label_font)
+        draw_text(img, (cx - (tempbbox[2] - tempbbox[0]) // 2, cy + icon_r + 6), temp_label, temp_font)
     return img
 
 
@@ -317,40 +328,41 @@ def build_daily(daily: dict[str, dict], target_w: int, target_h: int, palette_rg
     configured day count by app/weather's provider fetch_daily -- this
     just draws whatever it's handed, same "stop once it doesn't fit"
     graceful degradation as draw_weather_row)."""
-    img = Image.new("RGB", (target_w, target_h), BG)
+    img, draw, (cx0, cy0, cw, ch) = panel_style.card_canvas(target_w, target_h)
-    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
+    text_x0 = cx0 + MARGIN
-    text_x0 = MARGIN
+    text_w = cw - MARGIN * 2
-    text_w = target_w - MARGIN * 2
+    y = cy0 + MARGIN
-    y = MARGIN
 
-    title_size = max(14, min(target_w, target_h) // 16)
+    title_size = max(14, min(cw, ch) // 16)
     if city_label:
-        title_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=title_size)
+        header_h = title_size + 20
-        draw_text(img, (text_x0, y), city_label, title_font)
+        panel_style.draw_header_bar(draw, (cx0, cy0, cw, header_h), header_h,
-        y += title_size + 10
+                                    panel_style.theme_color("weather", palette_rgb))
-        draw.line([(text_x0, y), (text_x0 + text_w, y)], fill=RULE)
+        title_font = panel_style.font_bold(title_size)
-        y += 12
+        draw_text(img, (text_x0, cy0 + (header_h - title_size) // 2), city_label, title_font, BG)
+        y = cy0 + header_h + 12
 
     days = list(daily.items())
     if not days:
         return img
     col_w = max(1, text_w // len(days))
-    icon_r = max(12, min(col_w // 3, (target_h - y - MARGIN) // 4))
+    icon_r = max(12, min(col_w // 3, (cy0 + ch - y - MARGIN) // 4))
     unit_suffix = "F" if units == "fahrenheit" else "C"
     labels = [_day_label(date.fromisoformat(day_str)) for day_str, _ in days]
     temps_strs = [f"{round(d['high'])}°/{round(d['low'])}°{unit_suffix}" for _, d in days]
     label_size = _fit_font_size(draw, labels + temps_strs, col_w - 6, max_size=icon_r)
-    label_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=label_size)
+    label_font = panel_style.font_regular(label_size)
+    temp_font = panel_style.font_bold(label_size)
 
     for i, (_, d) in enumerate(days):
         x0 = text_x0 + i * col_w
         label, temps = labels[i], temps_strs[i]
         lbbox = draw.textbbox((0, 0), label, font=label_font)
-        draw_text(img, (x0 + col_w // 2 - (lbbox[2] - lbbox[0]) // 2, y), label, label_font, MUTED)
+        draw_text(img, (x0 + col_w // 2 - (lbbox[2] - lbbox[0]) // 2, y), label, label_font)
         cx, cy = x0 + col_w // 2, y + label_size + 10 + icon_r
         draw_weather_icon(draw, cx, cy, icon_r, d["category"], palette_rgb)
-        tbbox = draw.textbbox((0, 0), temps, font=label_font)
+        tbbox = draw.textbbox((0, 0), temps, font=temp_font)
-        draw_text(img, (cx - (tbbox[2] - tbbox[0]) // 2, cy + icon_r + 8), temps, label_font)
+        draw_text(img, (cx - (tbbox[2] - tbbox[0]) // 2, cy + icon_r + 8), temps, temp_font)
     return img
 
 
@@ -360,10 +372,9 @@ def build_multi_city(cities: list[dict], target_w: int, target_h: int, palette_r
     reuses draw_weather_row (the same layout calendar_render.py's
     embedded strip uses), just as the whole widget's own content instead
     of a strip above an agenda day."""
-    img = Image.new("RGB", (target_w, target_h), BG)
+    img, draw, (cx0, cy0, cw, ch) = panel_style.card_canvas(target_w, target_h)
     if not cities:
         return img
-    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
     # Just the city name on-panel ("Portland", not the full disambiguated
     # "Portland, Oregon, United States") -- that fuller form matters for
     # telling apart geocoder candidates when adding a city (see
@@ -372,7 +383,7 @@ def build_multi_city(cities: list[dict], target_w: int, target_h: int, palette_r
     # calendar_render.py's _weather_for_day already does for its own
     # embedded strip.
     cities = [{**c, "label": c["label"].split(",")[0].strip()} for c in cities]
-    text_w = target_w - MARGIN * 2
+    text_w = cw - MARGIN * 2
     # Sized against how many entries actually need to fit side by side,
     # not just the box's height -- an icon/font picked from target_h
     # alone (as this used to do) drew each entry so wide that only the
@@ -380,13 +391,14 @@ def build_multi_city(cities: list[dict], target_w: int, target_h: int, palette_r
     # doesn't fit" degradation silently dropped every city after it,
     # even in an ordinary-sized widget with plenty of cities configured.
     col_w = max(1, text_w // len(cities))
-    icon_r = max(10, min(col_w // 6, target_h // 6, 40))
+    icon_r = max(10, min(col_w // 6, ch // 6, 40))
     unit_suffix = "F" if units == "fahrenheit" else "C"
     labels = [f"{c['label']} {round(c['high'])}°/{round(c['low'])}°{unit_suffix}" for c in cities]
-    font_size = _fit_font_size(draw, labels, col_w - (icon_r * 2 + 24), max_size=icon_r)
+    font_size = _fit_font_size(draw, labels, col_w - (icon_r * 2 + 24), max_size=icon_r,
-    font = ImageFont.load_default(size=font_size)
+                               font_loader=panel_style.font_regular)
-    y = max(MARGIN, (target_h - (icon_r * 2 + 8)) // 2)
+    font = panel_style.font_regular(font_size)
-    draw_weather_row(img, draw, MARGIN, y, text_w, cities, icon_r=icon_r, font=font, units=units,
+    y = max(cy0 + MARGIN, cy0 + (ch - (icon_r * 2 + 8)) // 2)
+    draw_weather_row(img, draw, cx0 + MARGIN, y, text_w, cities, icon_r=icon_r, font=font, units=units,
                      show_labels=True, palette_rgb=palette_rgb)
     return img
 

server/app/widgets/_shared.py

@@ -7,17 +7,19 @@ fraction of the panel, so its placeholder needs to scale down with it.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
+from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
 
-_BG = (245, 245, 245)
+from .. import panel_style
-_FG = (90, 90, 90)
+from ..image_pipeline import draw_text
+
+_BG = (255, 255, 255)
 
 
 def placeholder_image(target_w: int, target_h: int, lines: list[str]) -> Image.Image:
     img = Image.new("RGB", (target_w, target_h), _BG)
     draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
     font_size = max(10, min(20, target_h // 8))
-    font = ImageFont.load_default(size=font_size)
+    font = panel_style.font_regular(font_size)
     line_h = font_size + 4
     total_h = line_h * len(lines)
     y = max(4, (target_h - total_h) // 2)
@@ -25,6 +27,6 @@ def placeholder_image(target_w: int, target_h: int, lines: list[str]) -> Image.I
         bbox = draw.textbbox((0, 0), line, font=font)
         line_w = bbox[2] - bbox[0]
         x = max(4, (target_w - line_w) // 2)
-        draw.text((x, y), line, fill=_FG, font=font)
+        draw_text(img, (x, y), line, font)
         y += line_h
     return img

server/app/widgets/battery.py

@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import io
 import time
 
-from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
+from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
-from ..image_pipeline import DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB, _quantize, draw_text, logical_render_size
+from .. import panel_style
+from ..image_pipeline import _quantize, draw_text, logical_render_size
 from ..models import BatteryWidgetConfig, Frame, Widget
 from ..routers.common import battery_estimate_s
 from ._shared import placeholder_image
@@ -28,45 +29,16 @@ from ._shared import placeholder_image
 ACTIONS: dict = {}
 ACTION_LABELS: dict[str, str] = {}
 
-BG = (255, 255, 255)
-MUTED = (110, 110, 110)
 
-# Same thresholds/colors as manage_overlay.py's own battery glyph (not
+def _draw_icon(draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, cx: int, top: int, icon_w: int, icon_h: int, percent: int,
-# shared code -- that one draws onto the manage-QR overlay in a fixed
+              palette_rgb: list | None = None) -> None:
-# small size, this one fills an arbitrary widget region -- but the
+    """Centers panel_style.draw_battery_icon (top-left-anchored) under
-# "how worried should I be" color story should read the same wherever a
+    `cx` -- this widget's own layout picks a center point, that helper's
-# battery glyph shows up on a panel). Exact panel ink RGB values, not
+    shared implementation (also used by manage_overlay.py's battery
-# arbitrary reds/yellows/greens -- a flat fill already at a palette
+    readout) just needs a top-left corner."""
-# color quantizes with zero dithering error once the whole composited
-# canvas gets quantized, where an off-palette color would dither into a
-# visible speckle at these small on-panel sizes.
-_LOW = DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB[3]  # red
-_MEDIUM = DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB[2]  # yellow
-_HIGH = DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB[5]  # green
-
-
-def _fill_color(percent: int) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
-    if percent <= 15:
-        return _LOW
-    if percent <= 40:
-        return _MEDIUM
-    return _HIGH
-
-
-def _draw_icon(draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, cx: int, top: int, icon_w: int, icon_h: int, percent: int) -> None:
-    stroke = max(2, icon_h // 12)
     nub_w = max(3, icon_w // 10)
-    nub_h = icon_h // 2
     x0 = cx - (icon_w + nub_w) // 2
-    y0 = top
+    panel_style.draw_battery_icon(draw, x0, top, icon_w, icon_h, percent, palette_rgb)
-    inner_x0, inner_y0 = x0 + stroke, y0 + stroke
-    inner_x1, inner_y1 = x0 + icon_w - stroke, y0 + icon_h - stroke
-    fill_x1 = inner_x0 + round((inner_x1 - inner_x0) * (max(0, min(100, percent)) / 100))
-    if fill_x1 > inner_x0:
-        draw.rectangle([inner_x0, inner_y0, fill_x1, inner_y1], fill=_fill_color(percent))
-    draw.rectangle([x0, y0, x0 + icon_w, y0 + icon_h], outline=(0, 0, 0), width=stroke)
-    nub_y = y0 + (icon_h - nub_h) // 2
-    draw.rectangle([x0 + icon_w, nub_y, x0 + icon_w + nub_w, nub_y + nub_h], fill=(0, 0, 0))
 
 
 def _format_estimate(seconds: float) -> str:
@@ -99,22 +71,26 @@ def render(db: Session, frame: Frame, widget: Widget, target_w: int, target_h: i
 
     cfg = db.get(BatteryWidgetConfig, widget.id)
     mode = cfg.mode if cfg else "detailed"
+    palette_rgb = frame.palette_rgb
 
-    img = Image.new("RGB", (target_w, target_h), BG)
+    img, draw, (cx0, cy0, cw, ch) = panel_style.card_canvas(target_w, target_h)
-    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
+    cx = cx0 + cw // 2
-    cx = target_w // 2
 
-    icon_h = max(20, min(target_w, target_h) // 3)
+    icon_h = max(20, min(cw, ch) // 3)
     icon_w = int(icon_h * 1.8)
-    icon_top = max(4, target_h // 8)
+    icon_top = max(4, cy0 + ch // 8)
-    _draw_icon(draw, cx, icon_top, icon_w, icon_h, percent)
+    _draw_icon(draw, cx, icon_top, icon_w, icon_h, percent, palette_rgb)
 
-    pct_font_size = max(18, min(target_w, target_h) // 3)
+    # The percent number picks up the icon's own charge-level color
-    pct_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=pct_font_size)
+    # (red/yellow/green) instead of plain black -- ties the two into one
+    # visual statement rather than "colored icon, black number".
+    pct_font_size = max(18, min(cw, ch) // 3)
+    pct_font = panel_style.font_bold(pct_font_size)
     pct_text = f"{percent}%"
     bbox = draw.textbbox((0, 0), pct_text, font=pct_font)
     pct_y = icon_top + icon_h + 10
-    draw_text(img, (cx - (bbox[2] - bbox[0]) // 2, pct_y), pct_text, pct_font)
+    draw_text(img, (cx - (bbox[2] - bbox[0]) // 2, pct_y), pct_text, pct_font,
+             panel_style.battery_fill_color(percent, palette_rgb))
 
     if mode == "detailed":
         lines = []
@@ -125,13 +101,13 @@ def render(db: Session, frame: Frame, widget: Widget, target_w: int, target_h: i
             lines.append(f"Reported {_format_age(frame.battery_as_of)}")
 
         small_font_size = max(11, pct_font_size // 3)
-        small_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=small_font_size)
+        small_font = panel_style.font_regular(small_font_size)
         y = pct_y + pct_font_size + 12
         for line in lines:
-            if y + small_font_size > target_h - 4:
+            if y + small_font_size > cy0 + ch - 4:
                 break
             lbbox = draw.textbbox((0, 0), line, font=small_font)
-            draw_text(img, (cx - (lbbox[2] - lbbox[0]) // 2, y), line, small_font, MUTED)
+            draw_text(img, (cx - (lbbox[2] - lbbox[0]) // 2, y), line, small_font)
             y += small_font_size + 6
 
     return img