The Guardian vs Zed
85 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #f5f5f3 Text
#121212 → #393d45 Brand
#052962 → #004edb Border
#dcdcdc → #e2e2de Display font
GuardianEgyp → IBM Plex Serif Body size
17px → 16px colors 75 changed
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bg #ffffff → #f5f5f3 ~
text #121212 → #393d45 ~
text-strong #000000 → #16181d ~
brand #052962 → #004edb ~
link #052962 → #004edb ~
link-hover #0c4ea0 → #003fb5 ~
border #dcdcdc → #e2e2de ~
border-strong #999999 → #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) +
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-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 #ffffff −
surface-soft #f6f6f6 −
surface-strong #dcdcdc −
surface-quote #fff4e2 −
text-muted #707070 −
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-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":"IBM Plex Serif","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"GuardianEgyp","size":26} → {"family":"IBM Plex Serif","size":48} ~
h2 {"family":"GuardianEgyp","size":22} → {"family":"IBM Plex Serif","size":36} ~
body {"family":"GuardianTextEgyptian","size":17} → {"family":"writer","size":16} ~
label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} → {"family":"writer-mono","size":13} radius 2 changed
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button 9999px → 6px ~
card 14px → 8px spacing 3 changed
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xs 2px → 0px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 64px