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Saifur Tanvir
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Beginners Figma Plugin Guide

Hello There,
Yes, you who are reading the article. I hope you're having a great time.
I’m glad to welcome you here because I kept my work aside just to share something special with you. Here I will describe the plugins of Figma today.
As a beginner, I went through so many troubles with my web designs and other designs I needed. I had to spend half of the day sometimes designing a template. I heard about plugins and tested more than 60.
If you're suffering like me at the beginning then I’m here to help you to improve your design and to boost your business with the wheel of time.
Let's jump to the drawing board.

What is Figma?
Figma is a design tool that lets you create any type of design you desired for.
Such as mobile, web interfaces, and many more. Figma is the best choice for Marketers and Web developers.

What is Figma Plugin?
Plugins are programs or applications created by the community that extends the functionality of Figma and FIGJAM. Plugins run in Figma or FIGJAM files and perform one or more user actions. They allow users to customize their experience or create more efficient workflows. It saves time and gives great outcomes.

Lists of Figma Plugins

1. UIHUT
UIHUT is one of the largest design resource sites with 20000+ resources. Here you’ll get 3000+ web templates, 3000+ Illustrations, 3000+ mobile app kits, 2000+ web application kits, 500+ 3D assets, and 9000+ Icons. Sometimes we spend a lot of time designing our product or element. It hampers our physical and mental health. Sometimes the design we create doesn’t get perfect and we get tired and upset by relentless change.
UIHUT has marketing, design, and developer experts. They designed for us by research to roar in the marketplace. Especially a good design attracts users. We can have incredible and convenient designs for users with a single click.
Here you’ll get all the design resources you need for your work to make the design eye catchy and valuable. I didn’t need any other site for my designs where UIHUT just grabbed me with all its quality and uniqueness. A lot of designs are free and you can use many more premium designs with a low budget.

Download UIHUT Plugin

2. Zeplin
Zeplin is an all-in-one handoff and organization tool where you can easily create user flows and organize your design files with variants to keep desktop, tablet, and mobile screens in one place. Zeplin also auto-generates design tokens from colors and fonts from your designs.

Download Zeplin Plugin

3. Typescale
As a designer, we all know the importance of typography and hierarchy. Typescale is the best tool to generate type scales quickly. It has the identical features of a typo design.

Download Typescale Plugin

4. Builder.Io Figma to HTML, CSS, React & more!
This is one of my favorite plugins to use. You can convert any website to a Figma design with a couple of clicks. Imagine converting any website to design and using that website component.

Download Builder.Io Plugin

  1. Status annotations UI Faces works to help you generate your avatar. With this tool, you can pick from the available options and personalize it by using the filters (age, emotion, gender, and hair color.). It will make your identity to other users or the audience. A lot of features are available to match your desire.

Download Status annotations Plugin

6. Autoflow
Autoflow is the best and easy tool to create a quick user flow rather than a long process. You can just create user flow in a wee bit of time by just creating shapes and connecting them.

Download Autoflow Plugin

7. Icon resizer
Sometimes we make mistakes while sizing icons. And, it feels weighty to resize it. Importing a bunch of icons and resizing them manually is a very long procedure but you can resize all the icons which are selected with a single click. This plugin is really helpful when you are importing lots of icons

Download Icon Resizer Plugin

8. Font Preview
Sticking with visuals, and fonts are another essential element for your interface's design. As information is mainly transmitted through texts, users will pay more attention to written content. That said, fonts have to be appealing and easy to read. Furthermore, fonts help you set the tone and voice for your content, enabling you to convey a stronger message and evoke specific emotions. Also, the fonts you choose have to go along with the rest of your design. Otherwise, your interface might look off-putting. And most importantly, most companies that offer digital branding services suggest choosing fonts that reflect your brand's personality to ensure you maintain consistent brand identity and brand messaging.

Download Font Preview Plugin

9. Spell
If you’re in hurry and making mistakes while typing, sometimes we make grammar mistakes. It will probably make your audience away for not understanding your content or blog writing. You can check the wrong and make it right with only one click. The Spell plugin is used in Figma & FIGJAM as a spell-checker. It automatically checks documents for any spelling errors and grammar mistakes. A very handy tool.

Download Spell Plugin

10. breakpoints
Breakpoints allow you to preview responsive layouts inside Figma frames and share animated prototypes.
Bonus: a resizable frame that works without opening the plugin window

Download Breakpoints Plugin

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