Comment 3 for bug 666143

I think it is clear. We stalled 3.0 for the design team to make a decision--we dropped our header and footer designs for theirs. We have changed fonts twice by command of the design team. We will do what every the design team commands.

Launchpad's branding is a special situation (Lp shows the project brand over its own). It uses YUI to mange fonts and layout which is hard to translate to the guidelines. Yet Launchpad is a Canonical site and the design guidelines are not just about branding, they are also about consistent usable design. Our failure to factor out the 1.x and 2.x styles is largely because we still permit exceptions for each app and feature. The design guidelines provide a clear way of saying no to the exceptions and provide guidance to create simpler and faster CSS.