Diff

The Guardian vs Cursor

80 token-level differences between these two design systems.

Role tokens
Background
#ffffff #f7f7f4
Text
#121212 #26251e
Brand
#052962 #f54e00
Border
#dcdcdc #e6e5e0
Display font
GuardianEgyp CursorGothic
Body size
17px 16px
colors 68 changed
~ bg #ffffff #f7f7f4
~ surface-soft #f6f6f6 #f2f1ed
~ surface-strong #dcdcdc #e6e5e0
~ text #121212 #26251e
~ text-strong #000000 #26251e
~ text-muted #707070 #807d72
~ text-soft #999999 rgba(38, 37, 30, 0.6)
~ text-faint #bbbbbb #a09c92
~ brand #052962 #f54e00
~ link #052962 #26251e
~ link-hover #0c4ea0 #f54e00
~ border #dcdcdc #e6e5e0
~ border-soft #ebebeb #efeee8
~ border-strong #999999 #cfcdc4
~ success #1a7f37 #1f8a65
~ warning #ff7f0f #c08532
~ danger #c70000 #cf2d56
~ info #052962 #9fbbe0
+ bg-soft #fafaf7
+ text-body #5a5852
+ brand-active #d04200
+ border-translucent rgba(38, 37, 30, 0.1)
+ timeline-thinking #dfa88f
+ timeline-grep #9fc9a2
+ timeline-read #9fbbe0
+ timeline-edit #c0a8dd
+ timeline-done #c08532
+ selection-orange #f54e00
+ diff-add-bg rgba(31, 138, 101, 0.12)
+ diff-remove-bg rgba(207, 45, 86, 0.12)
+ shadow-tint rgba(38, 37, 30, 0.08)
bg-section-news #ffffff
bg-section-opinion #f6f6f6
bg-section-longread #fff4e2
bg-section-sport #fff4f2
bg-section-culture #fdf0e9
bg-section-lifestyle #fbeee7
bg-dark #1a1a1a
surface-quote #fff4e2
brand-light #0c4ea0
brand-dark #041c46
brand-red #c70000
brand-red-hover #a30000
brand-yellow #ffe500
brand-orange #ff7f0f
brand-pink #ed145b
brand-blue-sport #0084c6
brand-green-environment #509e2f
brand-purple-lifestyle #7d0068
link-visited #5a5a5a
on-brand-yellow #121212
on-brand-red #ffffff
border-rule #052962
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-soft #e3f2e7
warning-soft #fff0db
danger-soft #fde2e2
info-soft #e3eaf2
live-red #c70000
live-pulse #ff3333
pillar-news #bb3a3c
pillar-opinion #e05e00
pillar-sport #0084c6
pillar-culture #ab0613
pillar-lifestyle #bb3b80
typography 5 changed
~ display {"family":"GuardianEgyp","size":72} {"family":"CursorGothic","size":72}
~ h1 {"family":"GuardianEgyp","size":26} {"family":"CursorGothic","size":48}
~ h2 {"family":"GuardianEgyp","size":22} {"family":"CursorGothic","size":36}
~ body {"family":"GuardianTextEgyptian","size":17} {"family":"CursorGothic","size":16}
~ label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} {"family":"JetBrains Mono","size":11}
radius 2 changed
~ button 9999px 8px
~ card 14px 20px
spacing 5 changed
~ xs 2px 4px
~ sm 4px 8px
~ md 12px 16px
~ lg 24px 32px
~ xl 40px 64px
↻ Swap direction · Cursor → The Guardian