The Guardian vs Square
87 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#121212 → #000000 Brand
#052962 → #000000 Border
#dcdcdc → #d8d8d8 Display font
GuardianEgyp → Square Sans Display Body size
17px → 16px colors 75 changed
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bg-dark #1a1a1a → #000000 ~
surface-soft #f6f6f6 → #f7f7f7 ~
surface-strong #dcdcdc → #ebebeb ~
text #121212 → #000000 ~
text-muted #707070 → #5a5a5a ~
brand #052962 → #000000 ~
link #052962 → #006aff ~
link-hover #0c4ea0 → #0050c8 ~
border #dcdcdc → #d8d8d8 ~
border-strong #999999 → #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-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-news #ffffff −
bg-section-opinion #f6f6f6 −
bg-section-longread #fff4e2 −
bg-section-sport #fff4f2 −
bg-section-culture #fdf0e9 −
bg-section-lifestyle #fbeee7 −
surface-quote #fff4e2 −
text-strong #000000 −
text-soft #999999 −
text-faint #bbbbbb −
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 #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":"Square Sans Display","size":80} ~
h1 {"family":"GuardianEgyp","size":26} → {"family":"Square Sans Display","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"GuardianEgyp","size":22} → {"family":"Square Sans Display","size":32} ~
body {"family":"GuardianTextEgyptian","size":17} → {"family":"Square Sans Text","size":16} ~
label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} → {"family":"Square Sans Mono","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 9999px → 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