Vintage · v2.0

The Hearstory *style guide*

Colour, type and the small audio parts every page is built from. Use it to keep new pages sounding like the rest.

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Colour

A warm cream canvas, dusty rose leads, and four pastels for shows and topics. Text on any pastel is always ink.

  • Canvas

    --bg

    #F5EFE4

  • Surface

    --surface

    #FFFBF4

  • Surface 2

    --surface-2

    #EDE4D3

  • Line

    --line

    #E2D7C3

  • Ink

    --ink

    #2B2420

  • Muted

    --muted

    #6B5E54

  • Rose

    --lilac

    #D8A7A7

  • Rose ink

    --lilac-ink

    #8C3F45

  • Mustard

    --butter

    #E6C27A

  • Terracotta

    --coral

    #DD9373

  • Faded blue

    --sky

    #9DB4C8

  • Sage

    --mint

    #AFC4A3

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Typography

Fraunces for headlines, Work Sans for everything you read.

Display · Fraunces 500

Press play

H2 · Fraunces 500

Stories told by people

H3 · Fraunces 500

Recording a city at 4 a.m.

Lead · Work Sans

Twelve minutes of Lisbon before the trams wake up.

Body · Work Sans 400

Street sweepers, bakers and night porters: the people who keep a city running while it sleeps.

Label

Night Shift · Ep 24

Highlight

Stay a while

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Buttons & chips

Buttons

Chips & badges

CultureTrue crimeScience42:10

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Audio parts

Show icons

Play buttons

Episode row

Night Shift · Ep 24

Recording a city at 4 a.m.

42:10

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Shape & spacing

  • 8px

    Inputs, chips

  • 14px

    Cards

  • 24px

    Hero panels

  • 999px

    Play, toggles

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