The Washington Post vs Cursor
67 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #f7f7f4 Text
#000000 → #26251e Brand
#000000 → #f54e00 Border
#cccccc → #e6e5e0 Display font
Postoni → CursorGothic Body size
18px → 16px colors 55 changed
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bg #ffffff → #f7f7f4 ~
surface-soft #f8f8f8 → #f2f1ed ~
surface-strong #eeeeee → #e6e5e0 ~
text #000000 → #26251e ~
text-strong #000000 → #26251e ~
text-muted #444444 → #807d72 ~
text-soft #666666 → rgba(38, 37, 30, 0.6) ~
text-faint #999999 → #a09c92 ~
brand #000000 → #f54e00 ~
link #2a64a6 → #26251e ~
link-hover #173e6e → #f54e00 ~
border #cccccc → #e6e5e0 ~
border-soft #e0e0e0 → #efeee8 ~
border-strong #888888 → #cfcdc4 ~
success #177a3a → #1f8a65 ~
warning #a06200 → #c08532 ~
danger #cf202f → #cf2d56 ~
info #2a64a6 → #9fbbe0 +
bg-soft #fafaf7 +
text-body #5a5852 +
brand-active #d04200 +
on-brand #ffffff +
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 #f5f5f5 −
bg-dark #000000 −
surface-quote #f5f0e6 −
brand-tagline #000000 −
brand-red #cf202f −
brand-red-hover #a8001a −
brand-red-soft #ffe5e7 −
link-visited #5a5a5a −
on-brand-red #ffffff −
on-ink #ffffff −
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":"CursorGothic","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"Postoni","size":28} → {"family":"CursorGothic","size":48} ~
h2 {"family":"Postoni","size":22} → {"family":"CursorGothic","size":36} ~
body {"family":"Franklin ITC","size":18} → {"family":"CursorGothic","size":16} ~
label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} → {"family":"JetBrains Mono","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 8px ~
card 14px → 20px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 4px ~
sm 4px → 8px ~
md 12px → 16px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 64px