Zed vs The New York Times
72 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#f5f5f3 → #ffffff Text
#393d45 → #121212 Brand
#004edb → #121212 Border
#e2e2de → #dfdfdf Display font
IBM Plex Serif → NYT Cheltenham Body size
16px → 18px colors 62 changed
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bg #f5f5f3 → #ffffff ~
text #393d45 → #121212 ~
text-strong #16181d → #000000 ~
brand #004edb → #121212 ~
link #004edb → #326891 ~
link-hover #003fb5 → #1a4972 ~
border #e2e2de → #dfdfdf ~
border-strong #d4d4ce → #9a9a9a +
bg-section #f7f7f5 +
bg-dark #121212 +
surface #ffffff +
surface-soft #f7f7f7 +
surface-strong #ededed +
surface-quote #fbf6e9 +
text-muted #5a5a5a +
text-soft #727272 +
text-faint #999999 +
brand-red #d0021b +
brand-red-hover #a8001a +
brand-red-soft #ffe5e8 +
link-visited #5a5a5a +
on-brand-red #ffffff +
on-ink #ffffff +
border-soft #ebebeb +
border-rule #121212 +
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 #e7f4ec +
warning #b27c00 +
warning-soft #fbf3e0 +
danger #d0021b +
danger-soft #ffe5e8 +
info #326891 +
info-soft #e7eef5 +
live-red #d0021b +
live-pulse #ff334b +
cooking-orange #cc4b00 +
games-blue #6493b0 +
wirecutter-yellow #ffd400 −
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 typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"IBM Plex Serif","size":72} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"IBM Plex Serif","size":48} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} ~
h2 {"family":"IBM Plex Serif","size":36} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} ~
body {"family":"writer","size":16} → {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} ~
label {"family":"writer-mono","size":13} → {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 6px → 4px ~
card 8px → 14px spacing 3 changed
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xs 0px → 2px ~
lg 32px → 24px ~
xl 64px → 40px