We have an extensive content system that lives separately from Figma but is used to craft our UI copy. While people will and do consult the system, if they don’t remember to check, the UI copy doesn’t always follow the rules. It would be amazing if we could import this like a style, a library, or as a Connector so that our Figma Make output is checked against that guidance and the results are much closer to a high-fidelity design.
On the flip side of this, managing content strings in Figma for an entire UI is a pain. The content quickly diverges between design iterations and tracking which is the latest and greatest copy is difficult. It would be awesome if there was a way to export/import/sync existing content with other tools - like GitHub repos or Ditto - for better changetracking, translation workflows, etc. Heck, I’d even take a Google spreadsheet at this point.
Testing out copy iterations within a design is working much better, for anyone who wants a pro-tip. We turn the text into it’s own component and then create variants that can be swapped easily. The writer can spin up as many variants as they want, without disrupting the designer working on the same design. This is also helpful for reviewers, as they can see a list of all the possibles then choose the one they want and it gets dropped smoothly into the design. Win-win all around.