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Michi
Michi
June 20, 2023
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Font preview in design panel

is it really still not possible to get a font preview when a text element is selected and I want to compare how a different font fits to it 🙈

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    djv
    djvSolution
    Community Support
    November 20, 2023

    Hey Alexey, sorry for the trouble!

    The recent font preview changes from 4 days ago were made with consideration from the community feedback we received here and on this thread:

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    Michi
    MichiAuthor
    June 20, 2023

    Just found a way to do so
    Some things are a bit awkward in Figma
    When the font panel is highlighted, don’t use the dropdown arrow, just leave the text cursor in the panel, then keyboard arrow down or up 🙈

      Ivan_Fedorov
      Ivan_Fedorov
      June 21, 2023

      Doesn’t work anymore (at least on Mac). They just change it 🤦‍♂️

      Before

      1. select the text element
      2. click on the font name
      3. use ⬆️ / ⬇️ to quickly test like 100+ fonts / per minute

      “Improved” version

      1. select the text element
      2. click on a font name (list opens)
      3. move over to the list to select the font (list closes!)
      4. check the result
      5. click again on a font name (list opens)
      6. move again over to the list to select the font (list closes!)
        … rinse and repeat 🔃 to check manually EVERY SINGLE FONT!

      I would really like to know the reasoning behind this stupid idea. How this behavior is exactly better?

        djv
        Figmate
        djv
        Community Support
        June 22, 2023

        Hey @Ivan_Fedorov, thanks for looping me in!

        We checked with our team, and this change was intentional with the launch of Font picker. We’re already looking into an alternative for canvas previews, but we don’t have a timeline to share on it.

        djv
        Figmate
        djv
        Community Support
        June 29, 2023

        4 posts were split to a new topic: Bring back Font Canvas Preview

        djv
        Figmate
        djv
        Community Support
        July 3, 2023

        A post was merged into an existing topic: Bring back Font Canvas Preview

        Yasmin_Amer
        July 10, 2023

        Agree with Michi, here. One of the ways I’d use the fonts panel was to scroll through the font list to find an appropriate font. This change really messes up my workflow when I’m brainstorming. What would have been better is a filter for type styles, (Sans Serif, etc).

        Balla_Diagne
        Balla_Diagne
        July 10, 2023

        I agree, this is really messed up!
        Testing out different alternatives for a quick font choice is extremely painful after this new update!

        The experience is definitely frustrating. We have to manually go through every single font and it takes so much longer! I’m in pain.

        I hope the team is actively listening because this just needs to be fixed.

          Alexey_Sireniv
          Alexey_Sireniv
          New Member
          November 20, 2023

          Working with fonts start to be much more difficult
          Please back font options like it was before and like it work in photoshop or illustrator

          Thank you

          djv
          Figmate
          djvSolution
          Community Support
          November 20, 2023

          Hey Alexey, sorry for the trouble!

          The recent font preview changes from 4 days ago were made with consideration from the community feedback we received here and on this thread:

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