Financial Times vs Substack
72 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#fff1e5 → #ffffff Text
#262a33 → #363737 Brand
#0d7680 → #ff6719 Border
#cdc6c0 → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10) Display font
Financier Display → Cahuenga Body size
18px → 19px colors 60 changed
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bg #fff1e5 → #ffffff ~
surface #fff1e5 → #ffffff ~
text #262a33 → #363737 ~
text-strong #000000 → #1a1a1a ~
text-muted #66605c → #878787 ~
text-soft #807973 → #666c70 ~
text-faint #a39e9a → #a8a8a8 ~
brand #0d7680 → #ff6719 ~
brand-hover #0a5a62 → #e85412 ~
brand-deep #06434a → #cc4a0e ~
border #cdc6c0 → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10) ~
border-soft #e0d9d2 → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) ~
border-strong #807973 → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.20) ~
success #0a8754 → #0d8050 ~
warning #cc7a00 → #d97706 ~
danger #a63335 → #dc2626 ~
info #0d7680 → #2563eb +
bg-elev #fafaf7 +
bg-cream #fbf9f4 +
bg-soft #f6f6f3 +
surface-warm #fafaf7 +
text-link #363737 +
brand-tint rgba(255, 103, 25, 0.10) +
brand-tint-strong rgba(255, 103, 25, 0.18) +
border-warm rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08) +
selection-bg rgba(255, 103, 25, 0.20) +
shadow-soft rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) +
shadow-medium rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10) +
reading-rule rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08) −
bg-section-news #fff1e5 −
bg-section-markets #fff1e5 −
bg-section-opinion #fff1e5 −
bg-section-magazine #fff1e5 −
bg-dark #262a33 −
bg-darkest #1c1f26 −
surface-paper #ffffff −
surface-soft #f4e8dd −
surface-strong #e6dccf −
surface-quote #fef5ea −
brand-soft #cce5e8 −
brand-navy #262a33 −
link #0d7680 −
link-hover #0a5a62 −
link-visited #66605c −
on-navy #fff1e5 −
border-rule #262a33 −
shadow-card rgba(38,42,51,0.06) −
shadow-elev rgba(38,42,51,0.1) −
shadow-modal rgba(38,42,51,0.2) −
scrim rgba(38,42,51,0.55) −
success-soft #d4e8de −
warning-soft #fde9cc −
danger-soft #f0d4d4 −
info-soft #cce5e8 −
market-up #0a8754 −
market-down #a63335 −
market-neutral #66605c −
ft-weekend #a63335 −
how-to-spend-it #a63335 −
alphaville #0d7680 typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Financier Display","size":72} → {"family":"Cahuenga","size":56} ~
h1 {"family":"Financier Display","size":24} → {"family":"Cahuenga","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"Financier Display","size":20} → {"family":"Cahuenga","size":32} ~
body {"family":"FinancierText","size":18} → {"family":"Spectral","size":19} ~
label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} → {"family":"Monaco","size":13} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 6px ~
card 14px → 12px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 4px ~
sm 4px → 8px ~
md 12px → 16px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 48px