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Typography/Size Variables: Styles don't respect applied mode for variables

  • May 3, 2024
  • 32 replies
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Flarin
  • New Member
  • August 16, 2025

Even when default mode was deleted, and the new set to default, the old (from the old ‘Default’ mode) typography values are displayed. This is a 1-year-old bug. WTF Figma?

 


hummh
  • New Participant
  • October 15, 2025

Any news about this topic? 
Please don’t say its a feature.


YueNing
  • New Member
  • December 17, 2025

你好,我们的公司有一个庞大的设计师团队,同样面临着相似的问题,想知道figma在未来的更新计划中是否包含此问题


Ida Engmark
  • New Member
  • January 21, 2026

Running into this issue as well in our multi-brand, multi device design system / UI kit.

We rely on having very simple selection options because our Product managers are also using Figma and aren’t super users like designers. Using variable modes for typography I can greatly reduce the need to maintain different components for each brand or device, as well as reduce the risk that novice users select the wrong thing in their given context. And if they do it’s quickly fixed by changing the variable mode, not rebuilding the entire screen.

So here’s another bump to raise awareness about this issue 


csleh
  • New Member
  • January 28, 2026

Another request for having type variables update the display size. super frustrating to get desktop/mobile definitions and components all set up and have to manually change all the mobile sizes.


Adam_Gordon
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  • New Participant
  • February 24, 2026

Hey ​@djv, hope you’re well. Just wanted to check in and see if there is a potential solution to this in the works? It’s been open for a while and seems to still be causing issues. 


Chanpory
  • New Member
  • February 27, 2026

We’re running into this issue as well. Bummed it's been over a year and not fixed yet. Any idea when it can get fixed?