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13 Sep, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Continuing on all things design systems! Did you know Figma curates designsystems.com? There is a wealth of content here written by the community. Here are some of my favorite articles 👇
1/ This article from the team @lyftdesignteam on platform parity; we’re really looking forward to hearing more from their team at #Schema2021 designsystems.com/a-system-built…
2/ Icons are a key part of most design systems, @bonniekatewolf takes you through lots of practical tips about pixel perfectness to creating size-specific icons. designsystems.com/iconography-gu…
3/ And lastly, this article from @robinrendle about creating an internal newsletter about their system to keep everyone up to date (love this idea)! designsystems.com/starting-a-new…

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13 Sep
1/ Hi, I’m Tom, aka @negativespaceca👋

At Figma we love talking about design systems and hearing about people’s library structures and how they're improving over time.

We love it so much that we’re dedicating a whole day to it. Plus we have a really exciting announcement…👇
2/ I’m excited to introduce #Schema2021– Figma’s first design systems conference.

Design systems people– join us for a day of virtual sessions led by top design systems leaders from @Atlassian, @lyftdesignteam, and @netflix to name a few.
Apply to attend: bit.ly/Schema2021
3/You may be wondering, why a design systems conference?

Back when I was first introduced to design systems, there was a lot to be desired.

Everything was static and linear and PDF style guides were the norm. Plus workflows were siloed, making alignment challenging.
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12 Sep
Level up your skills in Figma with some of our favorite community files and plugins inspired by video games. #NationalVideoGameDay

Level 1: Medals Design System🏅
Download the community file by @RyanYu0527 for access to components to use in your own work. bit.ly/3A5lOjy
Level 2: Virtual Escape Room 🕵️‍♀️

Use components and instances to find clues hidden around the house to lead you to the end of this virtual escape room created by @pigeonerTM.

Grab some friends and play: bit.ly/38Yt8la
Level 3: Protoyping 🎮

Prototyping in Figma with a keyboard or gamepad is great for making TV and game-based interactive prototypes.

It's also important when thinking about designing for mobility and dexterity-limited accessibility.

Full video: bit.ly/3nqNaNN @miggi
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19 Aug
1/ Let's get organized. ✨

We've rounded up some of our favorite plugins for tidying up your Figma files.

Here's the collection, created by @rogie bit.ly/3y4K1Vk

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2/ First up, Figma Measure, created by @phlp_ and @crlhsr.

This plugin provides on-canvas documentation to show customizable redlines for heights and widths.

You can also add tooltips for font details, fill colors, border radius, and more. bit.ly/FigmaMeasure
3/ Downsize, created by @alexeinars, allows you to compress images right on the canvas, reducing the file size and load time to increase performance.

bit.ly/DownsizePlugin
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17 Jun
When you’re in Figma 8 hours a day, every click matters. And even small annoyances can have a big impact on your flow.

We gathered your feedback and came up with 30 updates to enhance your workflow in Figma.

Here are all 30. ⬇️What’s your favorite?
figma.com/community/file…
1/30 First up: a redesigned stroke panel for easier customization of vector objects.

Now you can:
→ Adjust end caps to easily create arrows
→ Fine-tune the stroke properties of connectors copied and pasted from FigJam
2/30 Bigger? Smaller? Left? Right? You can now use math operations to adjust properties with a mixed value.
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20 May
This is a story of a Figma bug that wasn’t a bug at all.


In November of 2019, one of our users reported this: ⁝ MW I have problem in zooming into my particular element as the
In short, pressing Shift+2 using one key worked, but pressing Shift+2 using the numeric keypad key didn’t.

Curiously, the bug only happened on Windows, and not on a Mac.
Turns out this bug goes back all the way to… 1977.

This was the time when IBM, the #1 computer maker of that time, continued their attempts to conquer the burgeoning small, personal computer market. (Before, most of their computers looked like the one below.)
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20 May
It’s the coldest of takes that as a designer you have to learn to constantly switch between thinking of big things and considering details. ⁝ MW
The former is crucial, but the details can make or break a product. On the other hand, details can also suffocate you – there are endless small fixes, torrents of bugs, and infinite polish that could be applied to anything… but there is never infinite time.
As a result, you need to develop a sense of which details matter, and which not… and constantly seek input on your calibration.
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