The New York Times vs Cognition
64 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #f7f6f5 Text
#121212 → #000000 Brand
#121212 → #191919 Border
#dfdfdf → #000000 Display font
NYT Cheltenham → nbInternational Body size
18px → 16px colors 53 changed
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bg #ffffff → #f7f6f5 ~
text #121212 → #000000 ~
text-muted #5a5a5a → #9a9a9a ~
text-soft #727272 → #3d3d3d ~
text-faint #999999 → #6b6b6b ~
brand #121212 → #191919 ~
link #326891 → #000000 ~
link-hover #1a4972 → #191919 ~
border #dfdfdf → #000000 ~
border-soft #ebebeb → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) +
bg-secondary #f0efed +
brand-hover #000000 +
on-brand #f7f6f5 +
selected-bg #0000000d +
disabled #9a9a9a +
border-subtle rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) +
input-bg rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.031) +
input-bg-hover rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.051) +
success-text #1f5130 +
warning-text #7a5e1f +
danger-text #8a2b2b +
info-text #26416b −
bg-section #f7f7f5 −
bg-dark #121212 −
surface-soft #f7f7f7 −
surface-strong #ededed −
surface-quote #fbf6e9 −
text-strong #000000 −
brand-red #d0021b −
brand-red-hover #a8001a −
brand-red-soft #ffe5e8 −
link-visited #5a5a5a −
on-brand-red #ffffff −
on-ink #ffffff −
border-strong #9a9a9a −
border-rule #121212 −
shadow-card rgba(0,0,0,0.04) −
shadow-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.08) −
shadow-modal rgba(0,0,0,0.18) −
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.5) −
success #1a7f37 −
success-soft #e7f4ec −
warning #b27c00 −
warning-soft #fbf3e0 −
danger #d0021b −
danger-soft #ffe5e8 −
info #326891 −
info-soft #e7eef5 −
live-red #d0021b −
live-pulse #ff334b −
cooking-orange #cc4b00 −
games-blue #6493b0 −
wirecutter-yellow #ffd400 typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":72} → {"family":"nbInternational","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"nbInternational","size":36} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"nbInternational","size":20} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"stkBureauSerif","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"SFMono-Regular","size":13} radius 3 changed
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button 4px → 0px ~
card 14px → 0px ~
pill 9999px → 0px spacing 3 changed
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xs 2px → 0px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 64px