Design Systems
Typography at scale — building type systems, token architecture, responsive strategies, and cross-platform consistency.
Typography Design Tokens: From Figma to CSS
Design tokens bridge design and development — font family, size, weight, line-height, and spacing as structured, platform-agnostic values.
Vertical Rhythm: Aligning Text to a Baseline Grid
Vertical rhythm creates visual harmony by aligning all text and spacing to a consistent baseline grid — challenging on the web but achievable.
Responsive Typography in Design Systems
Scaling typography across breakpoints — responsive type scales, fluid sizing with clamp(), and maintaining hierarchy from mobile to desktop.
Choosing a Primary Font for Your Design System
Your primary font is the most visible design decision in your system. How to evaluate character set, weights, variable axes, and licensing for a system font.
Building a Type Scale for Your Design System
A well-defined type scale is the foundation of consistent design. Learn how to choose ratios, define steps, and implement across platforms.
How Top Design Systems Handle Typography
Analyze how Apple HIG, Material Design, IBM Carbon, Shopify Polaris, and others handle typography — font choices, scale systems, and guidelines.
Typography Testing and QA for Design Systems
How to test typography across browsers, devices, and screen sizes — truncation, overflow, multi-language, and visual regression testing.