I need a centered headline over a justified paragraph whose last line is also centered. That is three text layers. Headline layer (center). Body layer (justify — last line glued left, because that is the only justify Figma has). Last-line layer (center), copy split by hand so it doesn’t reflow. In InDesign that is one frame: alignment plus last-line alignment. Here it is a collage.
You can mix fonts, sizes, weights, and colors inside one text layer. Alignment is the thing that’s stuck. One layer, one horizontal alignment for every line. No last-line center / right / force-justify. No “this run is centered, this run is justified” in the same layer. A headline, a body paragraph, and a centered closer cannot share one text layer if they need different alignments.
That is not how sites or product UI work. One card or article column routinely mixes alignments in a single content container. In Figma that means extra layers, manual line breaks, and a layout that dies when the copy changes.
Still missing in a design tool in 2026:
- Last-line alignment on justified text (text-align-last — CSS has it; InDesign has it; this is not exotic)
- Per-range alignment inside one text layer
- Type styles that don’t turn a one-off font change into a detach treasure hunt
This has been abysmal since version one. The text engine did not grow up. It got span styling and still no control over how a paragraph sits on the last line.
I do not care that the product can hallucinate a web-app prototype so I can watch cat videos while Figma “does design.” If jobs desktop software solved during the Reagan administration still take three layers and a pair of scissors, the AI demo is a sideshow. Last-line control. Alignment that can vary inside a layer the way font and size already can. Until then this is a drawing tool that grudgingly allows letters.
The industry standardized on a tool that still cannot do basic typography, to build prototypes that require complex typography. UX designers are forced to use a design tool with the worst user experience in the history of design tools. That is the product failure. Not the missing AI demo. The fact that the default UX tool cannot handle type.