Cursor — Design Score: 87/100 (grade A)
Strong typography & color foundation (96 each), but spacing feels cramped—no visible whitespace grid or breathing room—dragging overall polish down.
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The four measured dimensions
- Typography & Hierarchy: 96/100
- Color & Contrast: 96/100
- Spacing & Layout: 58/100
- Motion & Polish: 90/100
What we measured
- Typography & Hierarchy — type ladder rhythm: 1.38× · 1.18× · 1.69× · 1.08× (33.5/35)
- Typography & Hierarchy — weight contrast: [400, 500, 600, 700] (spread 300) (20.0/20)
- Typography & Hierarchy — body line-height: 1.31 (12.5/15)
- Typography & Hierarchy — heading line-height: 1.19 (10.0/10)
- Typography & Hierarchy — size discipline: 5 (20.0/20)
- Color & Contrast — body text contrast (WCAG): 14.33:1 (30.0/30)
- Color & Contrast — primary button contrast: 14.33:1 (10.0/10)
- Color & Contrast — accent discipline: 2 (20.0/20)
- Color & Contrast — surface coverage: 81% dominant (20.0/20)
- Color & Contrast — scheme consistency: light (16.0/20)
- Spacing & Layout — structure & responsive: 2 breakpoints (15.0/15)
- Motion & Polish — motion tokens: 150ms dominant (25.0/25)
- Motion & Polish — choreography: 0 reveal candidates (10.0/20)
Every line above is read from the live DOM — the exact contrast ratio, the detected spacing grid, the forced hover states — not an AI's guess from a screenshot.
Top fixes
- Define & implement vertical spacing scale
- Add scroll-triggered reveal animations
- Reduce body line-height from 1.31 to 1.45+
The comprehensive report — every fix with why + the exact how-to — is part of Mozaika Pro.
An automated measurement of Cursor's publicly-visible design (color, type, spacing, motion) — not affiliated with cursor.com. Removal requests: hello@mozaika.design.