Descript design system

What font does Descript use?

Descript’s website uses gamuth Display for headings and Booton for body text. gamuth Display is not on Google Fonts; the closest free match is Archivo; Booton is not on Google Fonts; the closest free match is Figtree.

Descript colour palette

Descript’s home page is dark (#390A1A background, #FFF7FA text) and uses #F73B3B for its main actions. Its palette: #FFF7FA, #390A1A, #190308, #110A0D, #180101, #F1EAED.

• #FFF7FA
  49.2% · backgrounds
• #390A1A
  24.1% · backgrounds
• #190308
  9.9% · backgrounds
• #110A0D
  5.1% · backgrounds
• #180101
  3.5% · backgrounds
• #F1EAED
  1.8% · backgrounds
• #FFFFFF
  1.5% · backgrounds
• #EBEBFF
  1.3% · backgrounds
• #FFF8F4
  1.3% · text
• #26171D
  0.9% · backgrounds

Type scale

Each size the page sets text in, with its weight and line height. Descript’s largest type is 88px at weight 400.

Spacing and shape

Spacing sits on a 4px grid: 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 28px, 32px, 40px, 48px, 56px, 60px.

Corner radii: 3.5625px, 4px, 4.75px, 5px, 8px, 12px, pill. 4 shadow levels measured.

What makes Descript look like Descript

Almost entirely neutral: 99% of the page is painted in #FFF7FA and #390A1A.

#F73B3B is an accent: 0.2% of the page, as small fills such as buttons and badges. Keep it to small areas.

#772A4D is an accent: under 0.1% of the page, as small fills such as buttons and badges. Keep it to small areas.

The largest type (88px gamuthDisplay) is regular weight, not bold (400).

Descript DESIGN.md for Claude Code, Cursor and Lovable

A DESIGN.md is the brief an AI coding tool reads before it writes UI. This one carries everything on this page as rules a model follows: the allowed colours and what each is for, the fonts with free stand-ins, the type scale, spacing, corners, and the things Descript’s design never does.

Put it in your project root and ask your tool to follow it: “Read DESIGN.md and build [your product] in this design language.” It describes a style, not Descript’s product, so use your own name, words and images.

Download Descript DESIGN.md · View it as text

As CSS variables

The measured values as CSS custom properties, with free fonts standing in for licensed ones. Use them to learn from or to start a project in a similar style; Descript’s name, logo, words and images are theirs.

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Figtree:wght@400;600&display=swap");
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Archivo:wght@400;600;700&display=swap");

:root {
  --color-background: #390A1A; /* Background */
  --color-surface: #110A0D; /* Surface */
  --color-text: #FFF7FA; /* Text */
  --color-text-muted: #D1C7CB; /* Text muted */
  --color-border: #B8A5AD; /* Border */
  --color-action: #F73B3B; /* Action */
  --color-on-action: #000000; /* On action */
  --color-190308: #190308; /* 9.9% of the page, as fills */
  --color-180101: #180101; /* 3.5% of the page, as fills */
  --color-f1eaed: #F1EAED; /* 1.8% of the page, as fills */
  --color-ffffff: #FFFFFF; /* 1.5% of the page, as fills */
  --color-ebebff: #EBEBFF; /* 1.3% of the page, as fills */
  --color-26171d: #26171D; /* 0.9% of the page, as fills */
  --color-4c343e: #4C343E; /* 0.3% of the page, as fills */
  --font-body: booton, "Figtree", sans-serif; /* booton on the site; Figtree renders */
  --font-interface: "Arial", sans-serif; /* Arial */
  --font-display: "gamuthDisplay", "Archivo", sans-serif; /* gamuthDisplay on the site; Archivo renders */
  --type-display-1: 88px; /* Display 1, weight 400 */
  --type-display-1-leading: normal;
  --type-display-2: 72px; /* Display 2, weight 700 */
  --type-display-2-leading: 79.2px;
  --type-display-3: 56px; /* Display 3, weight 700 */
  --type-display-3-leading: 61.6px;
  --type-display-4: 40px; /* Display 4, weight 700 */
  --type-display-4-leading: 44px;
  --type-headline-large: 28px; /* Headline Large, weight 700 */
  --type-headline-large-leading: 33.6px;
  --type-headline-small: 24px; /* Headline Small, weight 600 */
  --type-headline-small-leading: 31.2px;
  --type-title: 18px; /* Title, weight 400 */
  --type-title-leading: 25.2px;
  --type-body-large: 16px; /* Body Large, weight 400 */
  --type-body-large-leading: 22.4px;
  --type-body-small: 14px; /* Body Small, weight 400 */
  --type-body-small-leading: normal;
  --space-1: 4px;
  --space-2: 8px;
  --space-3: 12px;
  --space-4: 16px;
  --space-5: 20px;
  --space-6: 24px;
  --space-7: 28px;
  --space-8: 32px;
  --space-10: 40px;
  --space-12: 48px;
  --space-14: 56px;
  --space-15: 60px;
  --space-16: 64px;
  --space-18: 72px;
  --space-20: 80px;
  --space-24: 96px;
  --space-25: 100px;
  --space-26: 104px;
  --space-29: 116px;
  --space-30: 120px;
  --space-36: 144px;
  --space-40: 160px;
  --space-43: 172px;
  --radius-sm: 3.5625px;

How this was measured

PikSpec’s scanner read the descript.com home page in Chrome at 1440px wide on 15 October 2026: the computed styles of its elements, the fonts that rendered and how much of the page each colour covers. Websites change; capture the page yourself with PikSpec for today’s values, any page, and exports in five formats.

Descript is a trademark of its owner. This page is an independent measurement and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Descript.

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