Gumroad — Design Score: 82/100 (grade B)
Gumroad's color & typography are strong (96, 85), but spacing gaps (69) and missing motion choreography (68) weaken engagement on scroll and long pages.
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The four measured dimensions
- Typography & Hierarchy: 85/100
- Color & Contrast: 96/100
- Spacing & Layout: 69/100
- Motion & Polish: 68/100
What we measured
- Typography & Hierarchy — type ladder rhythm: 2.00× · 1.33× · 4.00× · 1.12× (23.3/35)
- Typography & Hierarchy — weight contrast: [400, 500, 700] (spread 300) (20.0/20)
- Typography & Hierarchy — body line-height: 1.56 (15.0/15)
- Typography & Hierarchy — heading line-height: 0.90 (6.7/10)
- Typography & Hierarchy — size discipline: 5 (20.0/20)
- Color & Contrast — body text contrast (WCAG): 19.05:1 (30.0/30)
- Color & Contrast — primary button contrast: 21.00:1 (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 — spacing grid: 8px grid · 72% confidence (25.2/35)
- Spacing & Layout — grid adherence: 8/12 on 8px (16.7/25)
- 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
- Restore heading line-height to 0.95–1.20
- Add scroll-triggered reveal animations to content sections
- Enforce 8px grid spacing on remaining 33% of elements
The comprehensive report — every fix with why + the exact how-to — is part of Mozaika Pro.
An automated measurement of Gumroad's publicly-visible design (color, type, spacing, motion) — not affiliated with gumroad.com. Removal requests: hello@mozaika.design.