Issue 042 · Updated weekly
Stop watching
Figma tutorials.
Start finishing
them.
Eighteen hand-written guides on plugins, prototyping, design systems and the boring-but-essential stuff. No course funnels. No "ultimate" lists. Just the steps that actually work.
- Tutorials
- 76
- Topics
- 08
- Read time
- ~7m
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§ 01 — The latest
What we published recently.
Guide Jun 07, 2026
Designing tooltips and popovers in Figma: placement, triggers, and handoff
Design tooltip and popover components in Figma with placement rules, delay specs, focus traps for popovers, and Dev Mode notes so overlays ship correctly in code.
7 min read Intermediate Read →
Guide 7m
Designing tooltips and popovers in Figma: placement, triggers, and handoff
Jun 07, 2026 Read →
Layout 6m
Designing cards in Figma: layouts, variants, and handoff
Jun 06, 2026 Read →
N° Title Read Date
04 Figma dropdown menus and context menus: patterns, states, and handoff Layout 6m
Jun 06
05 Designing navigation and tabs in Figma: patterns, states, and handoff Guide 6m
Jun 05
06 Figma tables and data UI: rows, columns, sorting, and handoff Guide 6m
Jun 05
07 Designing modals and dialogs in Figma: overlays, focus traps, and handoff Guide 6m
Jun 04
08 Figma boolean operations: unite, subtract, intersect, and exclude for icons and UI Guide 6m
Jun 04
09 Figma Gradients and Fills for UI: Linear, Radial, and Token-Safe Patterns Guide 6m
Jun 03
§ 02 — Pick a path
Where are you on the curve?
The same Figma file looks completely different depending on what you already know. Pick the level that's not a stretch — these reading lists are sequenced.