Obsidian — Design Score: 87/100 (grade A)
Obsidian's typography & motion are locked-in; spacing grid is detected but only 67% compliant—fix adherence to unlock rhythm.
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The four measured dimensions
- Typography & Hierarchy: 99/100
- Color & Contrast: 86/100
- Spacing & Layout: 69/100
- Motion & Polish: 90/100
What we measured
- Typography & Hierarchy — type ladder rhythm: 1.67× · 1.50× · 1.20× (35.0/35)
- Typography & Hierarchy — weight contrast: [400, 500, 600, 700] (spread 300) (20.0/20)
- Typography & Hierarchy — body line-height: 1.33 (14.0/15)
- Typography & Hierarchy — heading line-height: 1.00 (10.0/10)
- Typography & Hierarchy — size discipline: 4 (20.0/20)
- Color & Contrast — body text contrast (WCAG): 16.52:1 (30.0/30)
- Color & Contrast — primary button contrast: 5.70:1 (10.0/10)
- Color & Contrast — accent discipline: 2 (20.0/20)
- Color & Contrast — surface coverage: 69% dominant (16.0/20)
- Color & Contrast — scheme consistency: dark (10.0/20)
- Spacing & Layout — spacing grid: 4px grid · 72% confidence (25.2/35)
- Spacing & Layout — grid adherence: 8/12 on 4px (16.7/25)
- Spacing & Layout — structure & responsive: 2 breakpoints (15.0/15)
- Motion & Polish — motion tokens: 150ms dominant (25.0/25)
- Motion & Polish — choreography: 1 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
- Enforce 4px grid adherence across all surfaces
- Add staged entrance animations to sections on load/scroll
- Increase surface color dominance to 75%+ and audit accent placement
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An automated measurement of Obsidian's publicly-visible design (color, type, spacing, motion) — not affiliated with obsidian.md. Removal requests: hello@mozaika.design.