The Guardian vs Descript
91 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #fff7fa Text
#121212 → #1a1a1a Brand
#052962 → #651a39 Border
#dcdcdc → #0000001a Display font
GuardianEgyp → Brett Body size
17px → 17px colors 80 changed
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bg #ffffff → #fff7fa ~
text #121212 → #1a1a1a ~
text-strong #000000 → #26171d ~
text-muted #707070 → #c9b9bf ~
text-soft #999999 → #7a6770 ~
text-faint #bbbbbb → #a8949c ~
brand #052962 → #651a39 ~
link #052962 → #651a39 ~
link-hover #0c4ea0 → #4a1129 ~
border #dcdcdc → #0000001a ~
border-strong #999999 → #00000026 +
bg-soft #fffafc +
bg-tertiary #fef0f4 +
surface-rose #f7e8ed +
text-medium #4a3540 +
brand-hover #4a1129 +
brand-deep #3a0d20 +
brand-soft #fde2eb +
brand-tint #f5cdda +
accent-red #f73b3b +
accent-orange #ff5340 +
accent-orange-soft #ffd6cc +
accent-coral #ff7a5c +
accent-rose #ff4d7c +
selected-bg #fde2eb +
disabled #c9b9bf +
border-subtle #00000010 +
border-brand rgba(101, 26, 57, 0.30) +
success-bg #d9eedb +
success-text #1f4d2c +
warning-bg #fff0d6 +
warning-text #7a4a00 +
danger-bg #fde2eb +
danger-text #651a39 +
info-bg #e6e8f5 +
info-text #2a2a4a −
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-soft #f6f6f6 −
surface-strong #dcdcdc −
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-soft #ebebeb −
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 #1a7f37 −
success-soft #e3f2e7 −
warning #ff7f0f −
warning-soft #fff0db −
danger #c70000 −
danger-soft #fde2e2 −
info #052962 −
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
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display {"family":"GuardianEgyp","size":72} → {"family":"Brett","size":96} ~
h1 {"family":"GuardianEgyp","size":26} → {"family":"Brett","size":72} ~
h2 {"family":"GuardianEgyp","size":22} → {"family":"Brett","size":48} ~
body {"family":"GuardianTextEgyptian","size":17} → {"family":"Booton","size":17} ~
label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} → {"family":"JetBrains Mono","size":12} radius 2 changed
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button 9999px → 12px ~
card 14px → 16px spacing 4 changed
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xs 2px → 1px ~
sm 4px → 2px ~
md 12px → 8px ~
xl 40px → 48px