Commercial Type — decoded design system

Name: Commercial Type design system (live decode)
Creator: Mozaika
Keywords: design system, design tokens, Commercial Type, commercialtype.com, light, custom

commercialtype.com · light · professional · custom · deep decode — measured live

Commercial Type's design system, decoded live by Mozaika: measured color roles, type scale, buttons with real hover/focus states, motion and the brand's own tokens.

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Decoded design system

Commercial Type's decoded design system: background #FFFFFF, text #000000, accent #38A4FA, link #FFFFFF, primary #E2F2FF; type scale h1 116px / h2 21px / body 15px; 12px spacing base; 0px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #FFFFFF — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Role	Value
bg	`#FFFFFF`
surface	`#EFEFEF`
border	`#D8D8D8`
text	`#000000`
text_muted	`#606060`
primary	`#E2F2FF`
accent	`#38A4FA`
link	`#FFFFFF`
secondary	`#9D968E`
button_bg	`#FFFFFF`
button_text	`#000000`

Using these colors

Action color #FFFFFF — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
link, button_bg are all #FFFFFF — one role, not several (the action color).
accent #38A4FA — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
primary #E2F2FF — a neutral UI color (chips, tags, icon fills, chrome), not the action color (action = #FFFFFF).
secondary #9D968E — optional secondary accent — LOW decode confidence; use rarely (a status color or a single decorative moment) or omit it entirely. Prefer one accent unless the reference clearly shows two.

Typography

Heading: Styrene UI B
Body: Styrene UI A
h1: 116px
h2: 21px
body: 15px

Spacing

base unit: 12px
scale: 2px, 3px, 6px, 8px, 10px, 20px, 21px, 42px, 63px

Radii

base: 0px
button: 0px

Shadow

rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25) 2.088px 2.088px 6.8904px 0px

Shadows (elevation)

card: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35) 2.088px 2.088px 6.8904px 0px

Motion

Micro-interactions run at 300ms (dominant) with ease.

durations: 300ms · 150ms · 500ms
easings: ease
animated properties: opacity, box-shadow, background-color, color

Button states (measured)

primary focus: outline 2px solid rgb(56, 164, 250)

Layout (measured)

container max-width: 835px
nav: 42px fixed
common grid: 3 columns

Motion choreography (measured)

Load order: figure.slide×19 → div.slide_text → div.slide_text

Scroll reveal: 9 elements rest at opacity 0, translateY(-50px), animate in over 0.3s ease.

Input (measured)

height 31.3125px · radius 0px · focus ring 2px solid rgb(56, 164, 250)

Responsive (measured)

breakpoints: 640px · 768px · 1024px · 1280px · 1440px
mobile (390px): hero 20px · nav hamburger

Install it

Drop this measured system into any shadcn/Tailwind project in one command:

npx shadcn add mozaika.design/r/decode/commercialtype.com

registry item · or query it over MCP: get_design_system("Commercial Type")

Export: DESIGN.md

# Commercial Type — Design System

> light, professional, medium, custom — deep decode (measured live)

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#FFFFFF` |
| surface | `#EFEFEF` |
| border | `#D8D8D8` |
| text | `#000000` |
| text_muted | `#606060` |
| primary | `#E2F2FF` |
| accent | `#38A4FA` |
| link | `#FFFFFF` |
| secondary | `#9D968E` |
| button_bg | `#FFFFFF` |
| button_text | `#000000` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#FFFFFF` — the single interactive color; it appears only on things you click or must notice (buttons, key highlights), never on large fills or backgrounds.
- `link`, `button_bg` are all `#FFFFFF` — one role, not several (your action color).
- **accent** `#38A4FA` — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
- **primary** `#E2F2FF` — a neutral UI color (chips, tags, icon fills, chrome), not the action color (action = #FFFFFF).
- **secondary** `#9D968E` — optional secondary accent — LOW decode confidence; use rarely (a status color or a single decorative moment) or omit it entirely. Prefer one accent unless the reference clearly shows two.
- **Page coverage** (full-page screenshot pixels): `#E4CAEF` 36.2% · `#000000` 33.5% · `#500000` 15.4% · `#CFCAD1` 4.2%

## Typography

- Heading: **Styrene UI B** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_
- Body: **Styrene UI A** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 116px / 400 · lh 162px |
| h2 | 21px / 400 · lh 21px |
| body | 15px / 400 · lh 20px |
| small | 13px / 400 |

- Weight ladder: 400 — use these exact measured weights, not the 400/600 defaults.

> **Fonts —** Styrene UI B may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts). Styrene UI A may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts).

## Spacing
- base unit: 12px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 2px, 3px, 6px, 8px, 10px, 20px, 21px, 42px, 63px — snap all gaps/padding to these

## Radius
- base: 0px
- button: 0px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `#FFFFFF` / `#000000` | none | 0px | 0px 6.264px 2.088px 6.264px | 400 20.88px | rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25) 2.088px 2.088px 6.8904px 0px |
| secondary | `#FFFFFF` / `#000000` | none | 0px | — | — | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary focus: outline `2px solid rgb(56, 164, 250)`
- transition: `box-shadow 0.15s ease`

## Shadows (elevation)
- card: `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35) 2.088px 2.088px 6.8904px 0px`
- button: `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25) 2.088px 2.088px 6.8904px 0px`

## Motion
- durations: 300ms (dominant) · 150ms · 500ms
- easings: `ease` (dominant)
- animated properties: opacity, box-shadow, background-color, color

Micro-interactions use the dominant duration + easing; nothing on the page animates slower than the longest duration above — don't invent springier motion.

## Layout (measured)
- container max 835px · common grid: 3-col
- nav: 42px fixed

| Section (y) | Height | Cols | Gap | Pad y | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1800 | — | — | 0/0 | — |
| 1883 | 685 | 3 | — | 0/0 | — |

## Motion choreography (measured)
Load order: `figure.slide`×19 @0ms → `div.slide_text` @147ms → `div.slide_text` @934ms
- scroll reveal: 9 elements rest at opacity 0, translateY(-50px), animate in over 0.3s ease (4 revealed during the drive).

Rebuild the timeline, not just the durations — order, delays and staggers above are the choreography.

## Components (measured)
- input: h 31.3125px · r 0px · border 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0) · bg rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) · placeholder #000000
  - focus ring: `2px solid rgb(56, 164, 250)` — this exact construction, don't invent your own
- card ×3: pad 20.4624px 20.88px 20.4624px 20.88px · r 0px · bg #FFFFFF
  - hover: font-weight `400` · letter-spacing `normal`

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 640px · 768px · 1024px · 1280px · 1440px
- mobile (390px): hero 20px · body 20px · nav: hamburger

## How to apply
Paste the Tailwind `@theme` (or CSS variables) as your base, then build each
section to its spec — verify every color, radius, and font against these tokens.
Hover/focus states, shadows and motion timings above are measured from the live page — match them exactly, don't re-guess them.

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