The New York Times vs Square
72 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#121212 → #000000 Brand
#121212 → #000000 Border
#dfdfdf → #d8d8d8 Display font
NYT Cheltenham → Square Sans Display Body size
18px → 16px colors 60 changed
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bg-dark #121212 → #000000 ~
surface-strong #ededed → #ebebeb ~
text #121212 → #000000 ~
brand #121212 → #000000 ~
link #326891 → #006aff ~
link-hover #1a4972 → #0050c8 ~
border #dfdfdf → #d8d8d8 ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → #a0a0a0 +
bg-cool #f7f7f7 +
bg-cream #f1eee9 +
surface-dark-elevated #1c1c1c +
surface-cream #f1eee9 +
text-body #1c1c1c +
text-subtle #8a8a8a +
text-on-dark #ffffff +
text-on-dark-soft #a0a0a0 +
brand-hover #1c1c1c +
accent #006aff +
accent-hover #0050c8 +
accent-soft #e6efff +
on-brand #ffffff +
on-accent #ffffff +
border-on-dark rgba(255,255,255,0.16) +
semantic-success #1f8b4c +
semantic-warning #cc7700 +
semantic-danger #cf202f +
semantic-info #006aff +
focus-ring rgba(0,106,255,0.45) +
shadow-ambient rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04) +
shadow-soft rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08) +
shadow-hard rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16) −
bg-section #f7f7f5 −
surface-quote #fbf6e9 −
text-strong #000000 −
text-soft #727272 −
text-faint #999999 −
brand-red #d0021b −
brand-red-hover #a8001a −
brand-red-soft #ffe5e8 −
link-visited #5a5a5a −
on-brand-red #ffffff −
on-ink #ffffff −
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":"Square Sans Display","size":80} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"Square Sans Display","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"Square Sans Display","size":32} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"Square Sans Text","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"Square Sans Mono","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 8px ~
card 14px → 12px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 4px ~
sm 4px → 8px ~
md 12px → 16px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 64px