I picked these two images at random from a list without really thinking about the psychology. At least for me, this Outside/Inside > unlock/home combination with SciFi futurism really resonates with me more and more over time.
Do you have any similar coordinated Lock/Home screens?
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Settings > Display > Lock screen > Dynamic clock will make it much smaller.
Removing it entirely is not in default Android 14. I wish it was.
It wasn't there, but you did sort of lead me to it.
It's in the clock app settings, setting the screensaver to analog in there makes it shows as 00:00 on one line.
Why is "analog" a digital display? Who knows lol but it worked.