So much goodness in this update! 1) Figma now detects when a new font was installed locally and automatically adds it to the font picker, no refresh is required. 2) The missing fonts modal now groups font families for faster searching and lets you replace the font of a single text node, entire page, or all pages. 3) Set the color, shape (solid, dotted, or wavy), and thickness of text underlines. Plus, choose the underline offset from text and whether it skips ink. 4) Mix and match paragraph spacing or indentation in the same node.

The prototyping and variables modals are now resizable, giving you more screen space for setting up prototyping interactions and viewing the details for multiple actions.

The modal you use to swap instances of a component has been upgraded in UI3 and now matches the layers panel, with folder nesting and options for list and grid views.

“Code Connect Version 1.2 launched this week and includes support for design systems written in Angular, Vue, and HTML, an improved getting started wizard for the command line tool, and expanded configuration options for React icons.”

“Improvements to the admin console are rolling out for admins on Pro, Organization, and Enterprise. The admin console will now open in a new space with a dedicated sidebar navigation. There will also be a new interaction in the members table for managing a given user. Additionally, for Pro Teams, we have removed the Team permissions column from the Members table. Moving forward, Pro Team admins can adjust seats from the admin console and member permissions from the Team settings page.”

“After months of iterative development, including a closed beta and continuous refinement using our eval plugin, we were ready for a broader launch. Looking back, shipping this work was guided by four key principles: 1) AI for existing workflows: We applied AI to streamline tasks that users already perform, like file browsing and copying frames into their current file. 2) Rapid iteration: We continuously shipped updates to our staging environment, using insights from our internal beta to refine features. 3) Systematic quality checks: We developed custom evaluation tools to monitor and improve search result accuracy. 4) Cross-disciplinary teamwork: Our success stemmed from close cooperation across product, content, engineering, and research.”

“Figma is making it easier for admins to find and manage draft folders of members and guests who have been removed from their organization, now known as ​”unassigned drafts.” Organization admins on Organization and Enterprise plans can now access unassigned drafts directly from the admin console. Starting today, Pro team admins can also manage them from a new tab in the Pro team admin console.”

Joey Banks with a deep dive on applying and organizing variables in Figma: “…if there’s one thing I’ve learned about variables, it’s that nearly every team takes a slightly different approach when it comes to creating and keeping them organized in Figma. I’d love to recap the many ways I use variables within the components and libraries I make, as well as some of the techniques and decision frameworks that have helped me most, and share with you how I approach creating and keeping them all organized, too.”

At a recent meetup, Developer Advocate Jake Albaugh shared the story of Figma’s SDS, a UI kit with a realistic code backing to help bridge the gap between design and development. As a reminder, the Simple Design System is available in the Libraries selector, Figma community, and GitHub.