LAUNCHED: Preview font families on page when cycling through with the arrow keys

I want the text layer to be temporarily updated while you hover on any font.

And ↑↓ arrow should be used to actually select any nearest font

These features already exist in PS and AI

This is the only thing bugging me in Figma since the latest release.

• 1 Please bring it back!

Please bring this back.

i wonder if this is a bug or not, because it hasnt been fixed for 2 weeks and its really scary

Yup, this new font selector actually slows me down rather than being an improvement.

Yes they need to bring that back! The update is nice but this is missing…

Why only 10 people voted this? Does everyone else design without changing fonts, has fixed which fonts to use, has remembered and knows how the fonts look like? Or am I the only one who doesn’t know how to use this new version Figma to preview font? 🥲

These are the methods I used to preview fonts in the last version,

• After selecting a Text and clicking the font name to open the font list, We can’t preview and see how the font looks like when we hover over any font name / use the ↑↓ arrows to browse other font names / type other font name.

• Double-click font name will only open and close the font list. Unable to highlight and copy paste it.

But now since the entire Text Section of the right sidebar and its user experience have been updated, none of the above methods can be used.

Is there any solution other than using the plugin Font Preview? This plugin is good, but the previous version of Figma that could preview fonts using the above method is better

This is a must!! When going through lots of fonts and trying to pick one you like, there are waaayyyyyy too many clicks involved!!

1. Select your text
2. Click on the font selector
3. Scroll/search for font
4. Select the new font

The font preview then closes!! So you have to click on it again if you don’t like it!

I want to be able to click on the font selector and type directly into the box, and use the arrow keys to go up and down the list without having to click into the font list again, meanwhile it should be previewing my text

Adobe does this perfectly, we shouldn’t be having to ask for this feature

I’m struggling with the same issue.
I’d love to see the old font selection back without a separate window.

I think we just needed the “font preview” feature, to be able to see the fonts on the list without the need to memorize them, just that would have been end game for real.

Figma had these feature where you could select the font/text dropdown and quickly toggle between all your fonts with the arrow keys it was SO USEFUL why would they get rid of these feature?! im livid.