Newsburst
Newsburst

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Preview build: stories, people, prices and numbers on these pages are template demo content, not Newsburst reporting.

Style guide

Newsburst design system

Every token and component the 30 screens are built from: one serif, one sans, tonal surfaces, category hues that pass 4.5:1 in both schemes.

Type

Newsreader 600 for headlines, Inter 400/500 for everything else. Arabic uses IBM Plex Sans Arabic for both.

The quiet cost of a city that never lets you stop

Display · lead story · clamp(2.25rem → 4rem)

Parliament backs the housing bill after a marathon session

Headline · 3xl · Newsreader 600

Central bank holds rates, signals a cut before winter

Section headline · 2xl

Deep-sea probe returns with samples from a new vent field

Card title · xl · Newsreader 500

Derby ends level after a stoppage-time equaliser

Row title · lg · Newsreader 500

The first thing you notice is the noise. Not traffic — the city has done its work there — but the constant, low hum of things being asked of you: notifications, kerbside screens, a bus that talks. Researchers who study urban attention call it the ambient demand, and they are starting to measure what it costs.

Reading body · 17 px · 68ch · --color-fg-read

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UI text · base · Inter 400
Meta · xs · tabular numerals

Colours

OKLCH light-dark() pairs. Dark is never pure black; the paper token warms the long-read background.

  • --color-brand
  • --color-brand-strong
  • --color-live
  • --color-bg
  • --color-surface
  • --color-surface-2
  • --color-surface-3
  • --color-paper
  • --color-line
  • --color-fg
  • --color-fg-muted
  • --color-fg-subtle
  • --color-success
  • --color-warning
  • --color-danger

Category hues (text on tint)

  • World --color-cat-world
  • Politics --color-cat-politics
  • Business --color-cat-business
  • Tech --color-cat-tech
  • Culture --color-cat-culture
  • Sport --color-cat-sport
  • Science --color-cat-science
  • Opinion --color-cat-opinion

Chips

Tint background + hue text — never hue background with white text. The current chip inverts.

Filter chip Current Filter chip

Buttons

Primary, secondary, ghost, danger, icon and link; 44 px targets, focus ring on the brand colour.

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Badges

LIVE pulses (reduced motion stops it); counts sit on icons; section badges take the category hue.

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Cards

Image above text, 16:9, concentric radius (16 outer, 12 inner), press feedback. Time is the second headline.

Story rows

88 px rows with the thumbnail at inline-end; the save button is a 44 px target.

Forms

Native inputs with autocomplete, inputmode and enterkeyhint; inline validation on blur; every field labelled.

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Billing
Text size

Sheets & toasts

Bottom sheets for share, comments, table of contents and filters; toasts confirm saves and copies.

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Accent presets

Six brand hues; the chosen one persists on this device (data-accent on <html>).

Accent

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