Letter-spacing should not be percentage based

That’s not entirely true. Almost all inputs are in pixels, except maybe opacity. The input field I designated being faulty is the only one that has a percentage.

If it truly was agnostic, it would not be called letter-spacing, because in typography its called ‘tracking’ (not kerning, that’s for individual letters).

Almost everything in the screenshot is pixels.
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The whole interface is based on pixels. The Rulers in Figma aren’t in CM’s or MM’s either, which would be a real drag for anyone using it to design a brochure, or print design.

So lets not pretend. Figma is mainly for web and thus in px and (r)ems.

PS: That’s why the fonts is also not in PT.

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