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Design language comparison

Realm vs SuperWhisper

Realm runs a light-canvas system while SuperWhisper chose dark, and they pair different display families (Inter vs ui-monospace). Beyond surface, motion divides them — Realm is moderate, SuperWhisper is subtle.

Palette · side by side

Up to 8 dominant swatches each

Side A · light

Realm

Full Page

#0a0908

foreground

#1a322e

foreground

#eef6f5

background

#535252

foreground

#ffffff

background

#f4f0ec

background

#004132

accent

Side B · dark

SuperWhisper

Full Page

#fafafa

background

#e5e7eb

neutral

#000000

foreground

#0088ff

accent

#888b91

foreground

#303030

neutral

#22c55e

accent

#dd55e7

accent

Typography · side by side

Primary family + weight ladder + sample

Side A · light

Realm

Full Page

Display
Roobert
Body
Inter
Weights
400 · 500

Sample

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

1234567890 — Body sample renders in the captured family if your browser has it; otherwise system fallback signals the weight ladder.

Side B · dark

SuperWhisper

Full Page

Display
__Inter_f367f3
Body
-apple-system
Mono
ui-monospace
Weights
400 · 500 · 600

Sample

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

1234567890 — Body sample renders in the captured family if your browser has it; otherwise system fallback signals the weight ladder.

Spacing scale · side by side

Base unit + first 8 scale values

Side A · light

Realm

Full Page

Base unit
4 px
Container max
1312 px
4px
8px
10px
12px
16px
20px
24px
32px

Side B · dark

SuperWhisper

Full Page

Base unit
4 px
Container max
1024 px
1px
4px
6px
8px
10px
12px
14px
16px

Motion vocabulary · side by side

Level + durations + easings

Side A · light

Realm

Full Page

Level
moderate
Libraries
GSAP

Durations

300ms600ms900ms

Easings

cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.3…cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3…

Side B · dark

SuperWhisper

Full Page

Level
subtle
Libraries
Framer Motion

Durations

150ms200ms300ms

Easings

cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)

Palette & spacing overlap

Palette overlap is zero — Realm and SuperWhisper live in completely different chromatic registers, even when their layout grids feel adjacent. Their spacing scales overlap by 67% (4, 8, 10, 12, 16 px shared) — a rhythm any agent can transfer between the two systems with minimal recalibration.

Curator verdict

Pick a side. Mixing Realm's light-first canvas with SuperWhisper's subtle motion vocabulary produces visual whiplash. Adopt one system as your primary, study the other for individual technique transfers (e.g. Realm's spacing, SuperWhisper's shadow).

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