The Washington Post vs Buttondown
62 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#000000 → #000000 Brand
#000000 → #0069ff Border
#cccccc → #e5e5e5 Display font
Postoni → Auto Pro Body size
18px → 16px colors 52 changed
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surface #ffffff → #fafafa ~
text-muted #444444 → #525252 ~
text-soft #666666 → #737373 ~
text-faint #999999 → #a3a3a3 ~
brand #000000 → #0069ff ~
link #2a64a6 → #0069ff ~
border #cccccc → #e5e5e5 ~
border-strong #888888 → #d4d4d4 ~
success #177a3a → #15803d ~
warning #a06200 → #b45309 ~
danger #cf202f → #dc2626 ~
info #2a64a6 → #0069ff +
surface-2 #f4f4f5 +
surface-3 #e9e9eb +
brand-hover #0052cc +
brand-active #0043a8 +
brand-soft #e6f0ff +
on-brand #ffffff +
accent #fef08a +
accent-soft #fefce8 +
highlight #fef08a +
success-bg #dcfce7 +
warning-bg #fef3c7 +
danger-bg #fee2e2 +
info-bg #e6f0ff −
bg-section #f5f5f5 −
bg-dark #000000 −
surface-soft #f8f8f8 −
surface-strong #eeeeee −
surface-quote #f5f0e6 −
brand-tagline #000000 −
brand-red #cf202f −
brand-red-hover #a8001a −
brand-red-soft #ffe5e7 −
link-hover #173e6e −
link-visited #5a5a5a −
on-brand-red #ffffff −
on-ink #ffffff −
border-soft #e0e0e0 −
border-rule #000000 −
border-rule-heavy #000000 −
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(0,0,0,0.55) −
success-soft #e3f2e7 −
warning-soft #faf0db −
danger-soft #ffe5e7 −
info-soft #e3edf7 −
live-red #cf202f −
live-pulse #ff3344 −
democracy-tagline-bg #000000 typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Postoni","size":72} → {"family":"Auto Pro","size":96} ~
h1 {"family":"Postoni","size":28} → {"family":"Auto Pro","size":44} ~
h2 {"family":"Postoni","size":22} → {"family":"Auto Pro","size":32} ~
body {"family":"Franklin ITC","size":18} → {"family":"Auto Pro","size":16} ~
label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} → {"family":"SFMono-Regular","size":13} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 8px ~
card 14px → 12px spacing 3 changed
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xs 2px → 0px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 64px