James Gilyead

As a product designer I generally do my best to help people find and think about content, not fonts. My preference is for clear, practical typography that supports a product's visual identity and adds no friction between a person and their goal.

A layout grid is a useful aid for a designer organising information in a given space. Although these grids have their roots in print design, where dimensions are fixed, fluid layout grids still have some utility in responsive design.

Breakpoint-based type sizing has always felt a bit arbitrary to me. It seems like equal parts guesswork and compromise, where the better we want it to work, the more stuff we need to design. It strikes me as inelegant and inefficient.

I recently started designing and prototyping in Figma and I want to quickly show you three useful features I’ve discovered. Those are smart selection, colour styles, and prototype master connections.