Tailwind CSS joins Paper as investors and partners to ​“do whatever we can to help make Paper the absolute best design tool in the world for modern web teams.” Lately, Tailwind CSS has gotten strong tailwinds from AI codegen tools, as this standardized and encapsulated approach to styling works great both for humans and LLMs. Excited to see what a deeper integration with the design tool might look like.

Figma rebuilt its renderer on WebGPU, detailing the engineering work in this article: compute-shader opportunities, clearer error handling, and lower CPU overhead (with plans for RenderBundles/​MSAA), plus how the team rolled it out safely with device blocklists and mid-session fallback.

Figma announced early access to the limited alpha of editing designs using text prompts on the canvas. I’m stoked about this release as it will make experimenting, trying new ideas, and exploring alternatives so much faster.

“You can now attach up to 6 reference images when prompting AI to make or edit an image. This can help match brand style, add specific objects, or create similar images based on existing assets.”

Andrew Gosine, Principal Product Designer at Slack, walks through how he organizes design iterations in Figma in an interview with Jay.

Advocates Anthony and Duncan discuss how to keep a design system aligned with code: structuring components and tokens for alignment; streamlining design-to-code with tools like Code Connect; confidently maintaining, updating, and scaling your design system; and laying the foundation for more effective AI workflows.

Enter Focus View from canvas and change modes for color and responsiveness.

Snapping to midpoints while using variable width strokes in Figma Draw just got easier. ​“When you hover with the width point tool, it’ll now hint at the midpoint of that segment so you can snap to the middle of two points (or even between two points themselves).”

New enhanced contrast toggle makes the Figma UI easier to read with higher contrast text, buttons, outlines, and selection, aligned with WCAG AA standards.

A major update to Figma Sites. First of all, custom fonts are finally here! More accessibility features, like HTML tags on layers, accessibility controls, and ARIA role settings. Password protection for the portfolio you still won’t finish. A configurable cookie consent banner, and a new link shortcut with additional types like back and scroll to. Last but not least, Figma Sites is now available for all Starter and Education users.

Christine Vallaure shows how to keep type consistent across screen sizes: establish text styles once, map them to your layouts, and preview responsiveness before you ship.

Pretty amazing what you can make without writing any code now. Congrats to all winners!