Daniel Box

Designer

I tweet on Fridays

[Daniel Box @dbox]

People need to take a cue from websites and start constantly asking me to accept cookies.

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@zoink @ohioaustyn @figma @framer I always hold z and draw a box around where i want to go

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@Una @adebola_io Are mixins really coming?

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@neversitdull Studio for your desk 15" air for on the go

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@GregHuntoon @negativespaceca @Levidjones 👃

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@negativespaceca @nikolasklein @skuwamoto @zoink @figma @nlevin @negativespaceca Blink once if Figma will add the equivalent of "text-wrap: balance" and "text-wrap: pretty"

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@negativespaceca @nikolasklein @skuwamoto @zoink @figma @neverisitdull @nlevin

Blink once if i'll be able to assign variables to font sizes soon. This would be SO transformative.

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My buddy @jeffreyworthen wants to get all the Jeffs of the world to band together to buy https://t.co/lVErAhRvLt. Do I know anyone who can help him make this happen?

//cc @jescalan @JeffBezos @realJGoldblum

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Main thing I need in @figma now is the equivalent of "text-wrap: pretty" and "text-wrap: balance".

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@GregHuntoon

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@disco_lu I hope they unveil the ability to move the toolbar back to the top

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AVoid wavy kerning! Typographers often fix TA, WA, To, and VA pairs while refining ‘tight’ and ‘loose’ spaces. “It’s tricky!” Xavier joked, adjusting 7.9° of alignment.

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Most designers know the "quick brown fox" text for testing fonts. I needed something that would allow me to see all lowercase and uppercase letters, as well as numbers, symbols, punctuation, common ligatures and tricky kerning pairs. This is the sample text I use:

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The efficient officer shuffled swiftly through the artificial lights, affixing a final note to the affable florist’s door. He studied an old encyclopædia and an œuvre on mediæval craftsmanship while enjoying a hors d’œuvre on the café’s terrace in the straße.

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@nealagarwal this is brilliant tbh

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@LeaVerou Can I ask which features this affects most?

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@dotdude Thank you for your thoughtful writeup on ui13. I understand it's important to get all users to move to the new UI to get everything under one codebase. Question: what's one reason for @figma not allowing user to move the toolbar from bottom?