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Chris Coyier
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From the site itself
- Title
- Chris Coyier – Web craftsman, blogger, author, speaker.
- Description
- Web craftsman, blogger, author, speaker.
- Language
- English
- Added
- Nov 4, 2026
- Captured
- Nov 4, 2026
Design study
How Chris Coyier's site is built
Read on Nov 4, 2026Colors, type, shapes and motion read from the live page. It's here to learn from: the design is Chris Coyier's.
Sample built with its tokens
Instrument SerifJost
Chris Coyier
This block isn't a copy of the site: it's put together only with the colors, typefaces and corners we read from it.
Main actionSecondary
Typefaces
- Instrument SerifHeadlinesAa400Aa900
- JostTextAa215Aa300Aa400Aa700
Type sizes
- 48pxPortfolio
- 40pxPortfolio
- 16pxPortfolio
- 14pxPortfolio
- 13pxPortfolio
- 12pxPortfolio
- 9pxPortfolio
Corners and spacing
3px4px6pxpill
Spacing
5681012141632
Content width: 1050px
Motion
ease300ms
ease-in-out350ms
cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1)800ms
100ms300ms350ms800ms
Recognized patterns
- Light themeLight background with dark text.
- MonochromeOnly greys, black and white; no accent color.
- Serif headlinesA serif typeface for headlines.
- Card gridProjects laid out in a grid.
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We found these, but a single loose pattern doesn't add points: it takes several together, or a direct trace of a generator.
- Long dashes in copyMany phrases joined with em dashes (—), very common in generated copy.— ×5
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