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Mark_McIntyre
New Participant
April 17, 2024

Allow percentages for line height

  • April 17, 2024
  • 197 replies
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Firstly great job Figma Font variables are here!!!

The only thing missing is the use of percentages in the line-height property.

You can not use a percentage in the line-height as it only accepts variables that are a number type.

Although the variables for line-height caters for pixel (absolute) line-heights (10,12,14)- it does not accommodate relative line heights.

In other words you can’t use percentage variables for line heights that are a percentage of the font size (100%, 120%,150%).

Interestingly …You can use a variable for letter-spacing ( which accepts a number variable - but reads it as a percentage) - the challenge remains that line heights by default are absolute not percentages - even though you can input a percentage.

Percentages allow greater flexibility and less calculations

Word around would be to allow formula in a variable
e.g. =[variable] * 1.5

Or figuring out a way for the line height to be toggle between absolute or relative application of the number variable.

197 replies

MarkT
New Participant
March 27, 2025

Is there any input from anyone at figma on this ​@Celine_D 

Jeroen Alfie
New Member
March 28, 2025

Yup need this too 😎

Sam_Woo_Staar
New Participant
April 1, 2025

+1000000 absolutely needed in order to create a fully functionally multi brand design system

Marketing_Team
New Member
April 3, 2025

Extremely needed

Henning1
New Member
April 4, 2025

one year later,...still no percentage. Line height variable is not usable. :(

Elena_Titos
New Member
April 6, 2025

Please!!  Implement it!!

Achilles
New Participant
April 7, 2025

Any movement on this? This would be reeeeeeeeeeaally useful.

Johan Hammarman
April 10, 2025

I just want to add my +1 to this.
This is an urgent feature and this suggestion was made a year ago.
We currently can’t add line-height and letter-spacing to our variable collection and it’s limiting our ability to deliver designs to our devs without having to add extra instructions everywhere.

Being able to use EM and REM would be a huge and valued update.

RobinRamsell
New Member
April 10, 2025

+1 Either unitless numbers or be able to use string variables for the Line height

Keven1
New Member
April 12, 2025

+1 Just setting up a new system and this feature would finish it off nicely.