The New York Times vs Zed
72 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #f5f5f3 Text
#121212 → #393d45 Brand
#121212 → #004edb Border
#dfdfdf → #e2e2de Display font
NYT Cheltenham → IBM Plex Serif Body size
18px → 16px colors 62 changed
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bg #ffffff → #f5f5f3 ~
text #121212 → #393d45 ~
text-strong #000000 → #16181d ~
brand #121212 → #004edb ~
link #326891 → #004edb ~
link-hover #1a4972 → #003fb5 ~
border #dfdfdf → #e2e2de ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → #d4d4ce +
bg-100 #ffffff +
bg-200 #eeede9 +
bg-300 #e7e6e1 +
surface-card #ffffff +
surface-code #1a1b1e +
text-200 #5a5e66 +
text-300 #6b6f78 +
text-400 #86888f +
brand-hover #003fb5 +
brand-soft rgba(0,78,219,0.08) +
on-brand #ffffff +
cta-secondary-bg #ffffff +
cta-secondary-text #16181d +
border-focus #004edb +
code-bg #1a1b1e +
code-text #e6e6e3 +
semantic-success #2e7d32 +
semantic-warning #b54708 +
semantic-danger #c01919 +
semantic-info #004edb −
bg-section #f7f7f5 −
bg-dark #121212 −
surface #ffffff −
surface-soft #f7f7f7 −
surface-strong #ededed −
surface-quote #fbf6e9 −
text-muted #5a5a5a −
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-soft #ebebeb −
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":"IBM Plex Serif","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"IBM Plex Serif","size":48} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"IBM Plex Serif","size":36} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"writer","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"writer-mono","size":13} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 6px ~
card 14px → 8px spacing 3 changed
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xs 2px → 0px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 64px