Design from Scratch Ep. 16: Defining Typography Styles pt1 | #Figma #UIUX #StyleGuide #Typography
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Website: http://designwithmitch.com
Video Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:13 Setting up a new page for typography styles
0:30 Figma plugin tip – Quick overview of the Typescales plugin and how to use it.
1:02 Reviewing the typescale for this project.
1:58 AI feedback & the 8pt Grid
2:57 From text styles to variables – Comparing old methods vs. using variables.
3:33 Creating base unit variables
4:15 Building base variables – Speed-up section
4:43 Creating a new typography variables collection
5:00 Creating font family variables
5:38 Creating font weight variables
7:03 Creating line height variables
9:15 The benefit of base unit variables
9:53 Creating font size variables
11:29 Adding font sizes – Speed-up section
12:22 Reviewing the completed font sizes
13:16 Customizing where to see certain variables in Figma
16:08 Outro – Part 2 of this video is coming next week