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Jan 31, 2023 3:12 PM UTC

Make Exported .PDF Files With Editable Text For Accessibility Purposes

Currently exported .PDFs out of Figma are not accessible, because the text is flattened as images.

I would like to request an option for exported .PDFs to have editable text.

This would be a game changer for our team to move off of Sketch! 😃 (Sketch allows for .PDFs to export with editable text, but Figma does not)

54 replies

May 8, 2023 6:18 PM UTC

My organization also would greatly benefit from a better export to PDF via Figma!

Feruz
May 17, 2023 8:46 PM UTC

I’m currently using the “Pitchdeck Presentation Studio” plugin to export frames that contain pure text to PDF. The free version allows only the export to PDF function. The rest is paid. But the PDF file size with pure text on 3 pages, will be around 4-5 MB. I have no idea why.
If I export the same text document from Google Docs, the PDF file size is around 900kb.

Rakesh_G
Jun 9, 2023 11:27 AM UTC

Perfect plugin. I was looking for a plugin for pdf exports with selectable text, I came across copy doc text kit but it allows only 15 trial exports. Thanks for the plugin

Rs_Mo
Jun 16, 2023 3:31 PM UTC

On a similar topic, a tweet from Rob has generated a lot of interested in the lack of supporting editable text when exporting PDF on Figma.

Kevin_Blackfyre
New Member
Jul 5, 2023 6:11 AM UTC

Yes, this feature is very important and IDK why Figma still can’t implement it until today.

Miek
Jul 7, 2023 7:51 AM UTC

You can use our new plugin MKitFPdf.
It allows PDF export with selectable and copyable text.
to plugin

Sasha31
Jul 12, 2023 6:40 PM UTC

Figma, please add this feature, we really need it for our email campaigns.

lilchan
New Member
Aug 8, 2023 5:38 PM UTC

Please implement this!
Sometimes opening Figma-exported PDFs lags in Adobe Acrobat. And I can’t make a simple text edit without re-exporting the entire PDF in Figma.

Aug 11, 2023 1:49 PM UTC

Yes please !

Vlad_Radionov
New Member
Aug 11, 2023 3:05 PM UTC

It would be great 🙏