What font does The Globe and Mail use?

The Globe and Mail’s website uses four typefaces: GMsans-Web-Bold (headings), self-hosted; Helvetica (body text), a system font; GMsans-Web-Regular, self-hosted; Pratt-Bold, self-hosted.

What are The Globe and Mail’s brand colours?

The main colours on theglobeandmail.com are Crimson (#DA161F), Midnight Blue (#320F31), Purple (#7C007F), Plum (#EEA1F0), Deep Steel Blue (#2E7893) and Dark Green (#086941).

What colour is The Globe and Mail’s text and background?

Body text is #333333 on a #FFFFFF background.

Where is The Globe and Mail’s logo from?

The logo shown in this guide was found on theglobeandmail.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check The Globe and Mail’s own brand or press page.

Is this The Globe and Mail’s official style guide?

No. SiteStyleGuide made it from theglobeandmail.com’s public web pages on 27 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with The Globe and Mail. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

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The Globe and Mailstyle guide

The Globe and Mail’s website (theglobeandmail.com) sets its headings in GMsans-Web-Bold and its body text in Helvetica. Its palette is led by Crimson (#DA161F), Midnight Blue (#320F31) and Purple (#7C007F), with #333333 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 27 October 2026.

Website: theglobeandmail.com
Typefaces: GMsans-Web-Bold, Helvetica, GMsans-Web-Regular
Palette: 4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
Captured: 27 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide

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Screenshot of the theglobeandmail.com homepage on a phone — On a phone, 390 px.

Identity & metadata

What browsers, search engines and social cards show before anyone reaches the page, from the homepage’s <head>.

Title &
description

Page title: The Globe and Mail: Canadian, World, Politics and Business News & Analysis; ▲ 74 / 60 characters
Meta description: The Globe and Mail offers the most authoritative news in Canada, featuring national and international news; ● 106 / 160 characters
Site name: The Globe and Mail
og:title: The Globe and Mail: Canadian, World, Politics and Business News & Analysis
og:description: The Globe and Mail offers the most authoritative news in Canada, featuring national and international news
Language: en-CA
Theme colour: var(--color-red-500)

In search results

The Globe and Mailhttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/

The Globe and Mail: Canadian, World, Politics and Business Ne…

The Globe and Mail offers the most authoritative news in Canada, featuring national and international news

When shared

No og:image, so no picture

theglobeandmail.com

The Globe and Mail: Canadian, World, Politics and Business News & Analysis

The Globe and Mail offers the most authoritative news in Canada, featuring national and international news

Logo & favicons

Found as: schema.org logo. PNG, 310 × 36.

Logo

On white

On black

On Crimson

Favicons

8 found

600 px · SVG mask-icon
180 px · JPG apple-touch-icon
72 px · PNG manifest
48 px · ICO shortcut icon
48 px · PNG manifest
36 px · PNG manifest
32 px · PNG icon
16 px · PNG icon

The Globe and Mail: Canadian, World, Politics and Business News & Analysis

Light browser tab

The Globe and Mail: Canadian, World, Politics and Business News & Analysis

Dark browser tab

Colour

Read from the site’s stylesheets and weighted by where each colour is used. Names are the nearest standard colour name. Click a swatch to copy its hex code.

Contrast is against the site’s text colour (#333333) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used

White 28.1%
Near Black 28.1%
Off White 14.4%
Dark Grey 13%
Crimson 9.5%
Midnight Blue 1.4%
Purple 1%
Plum 1%
Deep Steel Blue 0.7%
Dark Green 0.4%
Light Blue 0.4%
Light Steel Blue 0.4%
Brown 0.4%
Fire Brick 0.4%
Light Golden Rod Yellow 0.4%
Powder Blue 0.4%

By how often each colour appears in the site’s CSS, weighted by where (body, headings, buttons), not by area on the screen.

Neutrals

Text, backgrounds and structure

White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 0

On text
12.63:1 AAA

On white
—

Background, text, graphic · body, .tgam-label--hammer-wrapper:before
Near Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 90

On text
1.39:1 Fail

On white
17.58:1 AAA

Text, background, graphic · .shoppable-noLabel h3:first-of-type, .c-article-background__title
Off White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 10

On text
10.03:1 AAA

On white
1.26:1 Fail

Background, border, graphic · .shoppable-noLabel h3:first-of-type, .tgam-layout--premium-2025 .tgam-layout__content--top-full>:not(.tgam-layout-ite
Dark Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 65

On text
1.80:1 Fail

On white
7.00:1 AAA

Text, graphic, border · .c-ingredients__heading, .c-topic-group__heading

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

Crimson

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 90 86 15

On text
2.48:1 Fail

On white
5.10:1 AA

Text, background, graphic · .tgam-label--hammer-wrapper:before, .shoppable-topPick h3:first-of-type
Midnight Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 70 2 80

On text
1.33:1 Fail

On white
16.82:1 AAA

Text, border, background · .gi-driver.gi-driver--homepage .gi-driver__heading, .gi-driver.gi-driver--homepage .gi-driver__subheading a:hover
Purple

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
2 100 0 50

On text
1.30:1 Fail

On white
9.71:1 AAA

Text, border · .gi-driver.gi-driver--homepage .gi-driver__subheading a, .gi-driver.gi-driver--homepage .gi-driver__subheading
Plum

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
1 33 0 6

On text
6.61:1 AA

On white
1.91:1 Fail

Text, border · .gi-driver__subheading a, .gi-driver__subheading
Deep Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
69 18 0 42

On text
2.54:1 Fail

On white
4.97:1 AA

Border · --color-teal-500, --color-alias-focus-ring-default
Dark Green

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
92 0 38 59

On text
1.87:1 Fail

On white
6.76:1 AA

Text, graphic · .c-leaders-card__col--up, .has-livequestions .vf-livequestions-answer__content-status
Light Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
22 6 0 16

On text
7.20:1 AAA

On white
1.75:1 Fail

Background, graphic · .watchlist-interest-chip.isSelected, --color-teal-300
Light Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
89 23 0 36

On text
2.67:1 Fail

On white
4.74:1 AA

Background, graphic · .tgam-advisor-profile__label, .tgam-advisor-card__badge
Brown

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 91 84 37

On text
1.55:1 Fail

On white
8.15:1 AAA

Background, border · .c-label--card .c-label--card__content, .c-label--card .c-label--card__content.c-label--card__content--red700
Fire Brick

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 100 100 21

On text
2.12:1 Fail

On white
5.97:1 AA

Text, border, graphic · .c-form__error, .tgam-election-error__content
Light Golden Rod Yellow

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 16 0

On text
12.32:1 AAA

On white
1.03:1 Fail

Background · .c-website-alert-wall, .c-website-alert--system
Powder Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
22 3 0 12

On text
8.45:1 AAA

On white
1.50:1 Fail

Background · html.pagetype-story:not(.pagesubtype-interactive) .article-body__list .hl_tblue, .tgam-election-bubble-chart__bubble--bq-partial

Gradients

linear-gradient(90deg,#fff 0,#da161f 10%,#da161f 90%,#fff 100%)
linear-gradient(to right,#fff 0,#da161f 20%)
linear-gradient(to right,#da161f 80%,#fff 100%)

Typography

Faces from Google Fonts are shown in the real thing. Others are licensed to the site, so they show in your device’s copy if you have one, or a stand-in if not.

GMsans-Web-Bold

Aa 400

GMsans-Web-Bold

Self-hosted · weights 400 · headings, buttons · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400 Aa 700

Helvetica

System font, or not loaded on this page · weights 400, 600, 700 · headings, body · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400

GMsans-Web-Regular

Self-hosted · weights 400 · headings, buttons · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400

Pratt-Bold

Self-hosted · weights 400 · headings · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 ! ? & @ % $ – ’ “ ”

Type scale

From the site’s CSS

Heading 1 2em · 32 px

The Globe and Mail

Heading 2 1.125rem · 18 px / 1rem weight 400 · Pratt-Medium

The Globe and Mail: Canadian, World, Politics a…

Heading 3 1.5rem · 24 px / 1rem weight 400 · GMsans-Web-Bold

The Globe and Mail: Canadian, World, Politics a…

Heading 4 1.375rem · 22 px / 1.27 weight 400 · Pratt-Bold

The Globe and Mail: Canadian, World, Politics a…

Body 100% / 1.2 Helvetica

The Globe and Mail offers the most authoritative news in Canada, featuring national and international news

Paragraph 1rem · 16 px / 1.5 weight 400 · Pratt

The Globe and Mail offers the most authoritative news in Canada, featuring national and international news

Small 80%

The Globe and Mail offers the most authoritative news in Canada, featuring national and international news

Button 100% / 1.15 none

Get started

Link 14px / 1.2 weight 400 · uppercase · GMsanC-Regular

Sizes in use

Most common across the site

32pxline 1.19 · 15 rules
24pxline 1.25 · 30 rules
20pxline 1.4 · 15 rules
18pxline 1.33 · 32 rules
16pxline 1.5 · 50 rules
15pxline 1.2 · 12 rules
14pxline 1 · 36 rules
12pxline 1 · 23 rules

Elements

The main button and link as the site’s CSS draws them, and the corner radii and shadows it uses most.

Elements

Button

Get started

#giftArticle_popup .c-card__content button · #DA161F

Corner radius

0.5rem · 23×
50% · 19×
.125rem · 10×
.5rem · 7×
8px · 6×
0.125rem · 6×

Shadows

2px 2px 4px 0px #7f7f7f66
0 4px 4px 0 rgb(127 127 127 / 50%)
0 0 0 1px #e5e5e5
rgba(9,30,66,.25) 0 0

Layout

Breakpoints from the site’s media queries and the widths its content is held to, with how often each appears.

Grid

Breakpoints

569

570

767

768

980

1023

1024

1280

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1260 px

740 px

700 px

620 px

409 px

400 px

Notes

Plain checks on what was found. Worth fixing if you look after this site.

Notes

▲ CheckThe title is 74 characters. Google usually cuts titles near 60, so the end may not show in results.
▲ CheckThere is no og:image, so links shared on social media show no picture.

Questions

Quick answers, from the same capture as the rest of this guide.

Questions

What font does The Globe and Mail use?: The Globe and Mail’s website uses four typefaces: GMsans-Web-Bold (headings), self-hosted; Helvetica (body text), a system font; GMsans-Web-Regular, self-hosted; Pratt-Bold, self-hosted.
What are The Globe and Mail’s brand colours?: The main colours on theglobeandmail.com are Crimson (#DA161F), Midnight Blue (#320F31), Purple (#7C007F), Plum (#EEA1F0), Deep Steel Blue (#2E7893) and Dark Green (#086941).
What colour is The Globe and Mail’s text and background?: Body text is #333333 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is The Globe and Mail’s logo from?: The logo shown in this guide was found on theglobeandmail.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check The Globe and Mail’s own brand or press page.
Is this The Globe and Mail’s official style guide?: No. SiteStyleGuide made it from theglobeandmail.com’s public web pages on 27 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with The Globe and Mail. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

Design tokens

Everything above as CSS variables, ready to paste into a project. Members can download the tokens as files for Figma (Tokens Studio), Style Dictionary and Tailwind.

Tokens

theglobeandmail-com-tokens.css

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/* theglobeandmail.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/theglobeandmail.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #333333;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-near-black: #191919;
  --colour-off-white: #E5E5E5;
  --colour-dark-grey: #595959;
  --colour-crimson: #DA161F;
  --colour-midnight-blue: #320F31;
  --colour-purple: #7C007F;
  --colour-plum: #EEA1F0;
  --colour-deep-steel-blue: #2E7893;
  --colour-dark-green: #086941;
  --colour-light-blue: #A7C9D6;
  --colour-light-steel-blue: #127CA2;
  --colour-brown: #A00F19;
  --colour-fire-brick: #CA0101;
  --colour-light-golden-rod-yellow: #FEFFD5;
  --colour-powder-blue: #AFDBE1;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(90deg,#fff 0,#da161f 10%,#da161f 90%,#fff 100%);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(to right,#fff 0,#da161f 20%);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(to right,#da161f 80%,#fff 100%);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'GMsans-Web-Bold', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', 'Verdana', sans-serif;
  --font-buttons: 'GMsans-Web-Bold', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', 'Verdana', sans-serif;
  --font-body: 'Helvetica', 'Arial', 'Verdana', sans-serif;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 2em;
  --text-h2: 1.125rem;
  --leading-h2: 1rem;
  --text-h3: 1.5rem;
  --leading-h3: 1rem;
  --text-h4: 1.375rem;
  --leading-h4: 1.27;
  --text-body: 100%;
  --leading-body: 1.2;
  --text-p: 1rem;
  --leading-p: 1.5;
  --text-small: 80%;
  --text-button: 100%;
  --leading-button: 1.15;
  --text-a: 14px;
  --leading-a: 1.2;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 0.5rem;
  --radius-2: 50%;
  --radius-3: .125rem;
  --radius-4: .5rem;
  --radius-5: 8px;
  --radius-6: 0.125rem;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 569px;
  --breakpoint-2: 570px;
  --breakpoint-3: 767px;
  --breakpoint-4: 768px;
  --breakpoint-5: 980px;
  --breakpoint-6: 1023px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1024px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1280px;
  --max-width-1: 1260px;
  --max-width-2: 740px;
  --max-width-3: 700px;
  --max-width-4: 620px;
  --max-width-5: 409px;
  --max-width-6: 400px;
}

{
    "site": "theglobeandmail.com",
    "source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/theglobeandmail.com",
    "text": "#333333",
    "background": "#FFFFFF",
    "colours": [
        {
            "name": "White",
            "hex": "#FFFFFF",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                255,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Near Black",
            "hex": "#191919",
            "rgb": [
                25,
                25,
                25
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Off White",
            "hex": "#E5E5E5",
            "rgb": [
                229,
                229,
                229
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Grey",
            "hex": "#595959",
            "rgb": [
                89,
                89,
                89
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Crimson",
            "hex": "#DA161F",
            "rgb": [
                218,
                22,
                31
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Midnight Blue",
            "hex": "#320F31",
            "rgb": [
                50,
                15,
                49
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Purple",
            "hex": "#7C007F",
            "rgb": [
                124,
                0,
                127
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Plum",
            "hex": "#EEA1F0",
            "rgb": [
                238,
                161,
                240
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#2E7893",
            "rgb": [
                46,
                120,
                147
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Green",
            "hex": "#086941",
            "rgb": [
                8,
                105,
                65
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Blue",
            "hex": "#A7C9D6",
            "rgb": [
                167,
                201,
                214
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#127CA2",
            "rgb": [
                18,
                124,
                162
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Brown",
            "hex": "#A00F19",
            "rgb": [
                160,
                15,
                25
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Fire Brick",
            "hex": "#CA0101",
            "rgb": [
                202,
                1,
                1
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Golden Rod Yellow",
            "hex": "#FEFFD5",
            "rgb": [
                254,
                255,
                213
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Powder Blue",
            "hex": "#AFDBE1",
            "rgb": [
                175,
                219,
                225
            ]
        }
    ],
    "fonts": [
        {
            "name": "GMsans-Web-Bold",
            "stack": "GMsans-Web-Bold, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "Helvetica",
            "stack": "Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                600,
                700
            ],
            "source": "System font, or not loaded on this page"
        },
        {
            "name": "GMsans-Web-Regular",
            "stack": "GMsans-Web-Regular, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "Pratt-Bold",
            "stack": "Pratt-Bold, Georgia, Palatino, Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, serif",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "Pratt-BoldItalic",
            "stack": "Pratt-BoldItalic, Georgia, Palatino, Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, serif",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "Pratt-Medium",
            "stack": "Pratt-Medium, Georgia, Palatino, Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, serif",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        }
    ]
}

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Title &description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

White

Near Black

Off White

Dark Grey

Colours

Crimson

Midnight Blue

Purple

Plum

Deep Steel Blue

Dark Green

Light Blue

Light Steel Blue

Brown

Fire Brick

Light Golden Rod Yellow

Powder Blue

Gradients

GMsans-Web-Bold

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

Tokens

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