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Is that a photo, a render, or a Figma file? Impressive job by Naseer Ahmed.

Mike Smith opens a Figma file for the recent hotel branding project, which includes a mood board and three different directions. Beautiful work from a local Philadelphia studio Smith & Diction.

Mike Rundle points out interesting implementation details in the Apple Design Resources – visionOS file.

A short explainer on bringing SVGs from Figma to Rive, where you can build functional graphics with rich interactivity and animation.

Chad with a timely reminder that the variables icon appears only if there are variables with the right type in your file.

“Did you know that ¹⁄₄ of mobile users tweak text sizes on their phones?” I didn’t know that! In this thread, Branimir shows how to set up accessible interface scaling with the latest typography variables.

Developer Advocate Jake shows Jason Lengstorf how to bring your code into Figma with Code Connect.

Lee Munroe and the design team at OneSignal learned how to create Figma plugins from scratch and shared the first steps for building something simple. Between an excellent Create Figma Plugin toolkit and ChatGPT, I recommend giving it a shot.

A reminder that Framework is happening on Tuesday, April 16th. Figma published the schedule for this 3‑hour-long event, which will be a great fit for anyone interested in variables, design systems, and design-to-code handoff.

Tom Lowry walks through recent updates to branches — the default zoom level of previews is increased to 150%, the full branch name is now visible on hover, better text legibility, transparent backgrounds for effects, a few changes to improve review of variables, and bug fixes.

Lauri makes a strong case for introducing responsiveness to the prototype mode. Luis hints that something is cooking, and we’ll hear more at Config 2024.

Anthony Rajski is recreating Figma in the Windows 95 style. Hope it supports LAN parties for designing together!

I often rely on the Spread value in shadows but forget why it is disabled. Handy reminder from Ilya Miskov.

Designer Advocate Mal reminds us that it’s crucial to consider the discoverability of components when building a set and points to a new feature of the Assets library that shows a number of component variants and a playground for exploring them.

“Over the next few weeks, we are replacing the bottom right notification button for library updates and replacing with a new library icon for faster entry to library management.”

I’m a simple guy — if I see a beautiful physical UI redrawn in Figma, it goes into the newsletter.

Dmitry Novikov from Rive shows how to do soft page curls in Figma.

There were hints about split tabs for a while, and now they’re available in the beta version of the desktop app. Luis highlights some of the use cases in this thread, including keeping a prototype on the side, managing variables, iterating on designs at different zoom levels, updating local components, and many more.

An update to file search — now you can filter results by owner, type, or organization/​team/​project.

Mark recorded an unscripted tutorial on creating a beautiful animated Aurora effect with the Noise & Texture plugin.