Square vs The New York Times
72 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#000000 → #121212 Brand
#000000 → #121212 Border
#d8d8d8 → #dfdfdf Display font
Square Sans Display → NYT Cheltenham Body size
16px → 18px colors 60 changed
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bg-dark #000000 → #121212 ~
surface-strong #ebebeb → #ededed ~
text #000000 → #121212 ~
brand #000000 → #121212 ~
link #006aff → #326891 ~
link-hover #0050c8 → #1a4972 ~
border #d8d8d8 → #dfdfdf ~
border-strong #a0a0a0 → #9a9a9a +
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 −
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) typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Square Sans Display","size":80} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"Square Sans Display","size":40} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} ~
h2 {"family":"Square Sans Display","size":32} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} ~
body {"family":"Square Sans Text","size":16} → {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} ~
label {"family":"Square Sans Mono","size":11} → {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 8px → 4px ~
card 12px → 14px spacing 5 changed
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xs 4px → 2px ~
sm 8px → 4px ~
md 16px → 12px ~
lg 32px → 24px ~
xl 64px → 40px