Emblematic
The Verge homepage, desktop
The Verge homepage in dark mode
Dark mode (follows system setting)
The Verge homepage, mobile
Mobile, 390px

Typography

scale ratio 1.134
  • Poly Sanscss: polySansui300 400 500 70054%
  • Fk Roman Standardcss: fkRomanStandardbody40042%
  • Manukacss: manukadisplay9003%
  • Poly Sans Monocss: polySansMonomono300 400 500 600 7001%
stylefamilysizeweightlinetracking
displayManuka90px9000.80em
headlinePoly Sans24px7001.10.01em
bodyFk Roman Standard16px4001.30em
body-smPoly Sans11px4001.20.1em
monoPoly Sans Mono11px4001.1820.1em
Type scale
Aa11Aa13Aa14Aa15Aa16Aa18Aa20Aa24Aa26Aa31Aa34
Body size
16px / 1.3
Display size
90px
Display tracking
0em
Case
title

Color

light scheme
Palette by painted area
Text on bg
18.58:1
Muted on bg
8.86:1
Accent on bg
7.49:1
Dark mode
follows system
Declared accent tokens
  • --coral-sys-color-primary#5200FFpainted
  • --coral-comp-coral-primary-color#5200FFpainted

Space, shape & depth

Spacing scale
  • 2
  • 4
  • 6
  • 8
  • 10
  • 12
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 18
  • 20
  • 21
  • 24
  • 30
Corner radii
23pill
Shadows (3)
Borders
hairline, 1px
Section padding
251px

Components

exact computed values
button-primary
Latest
backgroundColor
#5200FF
textColor
#FFFFFF
rounded
9999px
padding
10px 24px
height
44px
fontFamily
Poly Sans Mono
fontSize
12px
fontWeight
600
button-secondary
Allow
backgroundColor
#000000
textColor
#FFFFFF
rounded
0px
padding
10px 18px
height
38.2px
fontFamily
Poly Sans
fontSize
14px
fontWeight
400

Layout & motion

Container
1100px
Grid columns
2
Hero
left-aligned
Navigation
none-detected
Page height
18,754px
Easing
ease
Durations
150ms
Transitions
11
Keyframes
1
Stack
next.js, wordpress, google-tag-manager, fastly

Page sections (4)

section labels are heuristic
  1. The Verge hero section
    01hero
  2. The Verge content section
    03content?

How The Verge compares

Body text
16px, the same as 40% of indexed sites (median 16px).
Largest heading
90px: larger than 88% of indexed sites (median 60px).
Type scale
1.13×: flatter than 99% of indexed sites (median 1.28×).
Container
1100px: narrower than 75% of indexed sites (median 1242px).
Text contrast
18.6:1: higher than 60% of indexed sites (median 17.6:1).
Page length
18,754px: longer than 96% of indexed sites (median 8,217px).
Corner radius
Mostly 0px, shared by 84 of 274 indexed sites (31%).
Poly Sans
The only site in the index that loads Poly Sans.
Fk Roman Standard
The only site in the index that loads Fk Roman Standard.
Color scheme
Light by default, like 75% of indexed sites. It is one of 49 sites (18%) that switch with the system dark mode setting.

In short

What font does The Verge use?

The Verge uses Poly Sans (loaded as "polySans") for ui. Fk Roman Standard (loaded as "fkRomanStandard") is used for body text. Manuka (loaded as "manuka") is used for headings.

What are The Verge's brand colors?

The Verge's website uses a light scheme: background #FFFFFF, surface #F6F6F6, text #131313, muted text #4A4A4A and borders #E9E9E9.

How is The Verge's website laid out?

The most common corner radius is 0px, body text is 16px with 1.3 line height, and the page container is 1100px wide.

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