The Washington Post vs Zed
72 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #f5f5f3 Text
#000000 → #393d45 Brand
#000000 → #004edb Border
#cccccc → #e2e2de Display font
Postoni → IBM Plex Serif Body size
18px → 16px colors 62 changed
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bg #ffffff → #f5f5f3 ~
text #000000 → #393d45 ~
text-strong #000000 → #16181d ~
brand #000000 → #004edb ~
link #2a64a6 → #004edb ~
link-hover #173e6e → #003fb5 ~
border #cccccc → #e2e2de ~
border-strong #888888 → #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) +
on-brand #ffffff +
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 #f5f5f5 −
bg-dark #000000 −
surface #ffffff −
surface-soft #f8f8f8 −
surface-strong #eeeeee −
surface-quote #f5f0e6 −
text-muted #444444 −
text-soft #666666 −
text-faint #999999 −
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-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 #177a3a −
success-soft #e3f2e7 −
warning #a06200 −
warning-soft #faf0db −
danger #cf202f −
danger-soft #ffe5e7 −
info #2a64a6 −
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":"IBM Plex Serif","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"Postoni","size":28} → {"family":"IBM Plex Serif","size":48} ~
h2 {"family":"Postoni","size":22} → {"family":"IBM Plex Serif","size":36} ~
body {"family":"Franklin ITC","size":18} → {"family":"writer","size":16} ~
label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} → {"family":"writer-mono","size":13} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 6px ~
card 14px → 8px spacing 3 changed
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xs 2px → 0px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 64px