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What feature XD give you that not available on Sketch and Figma?

• pjmlp 6y ago
  Windows support as starter.
  • lolftw 6y ago
    Figma supports Windows
    • pjmlp 6y ago
      As bloated electron app? No thanks.
      • nguyenkien 6y ago
        Did you know Adobe Creative Cloud also an electron app? Not to mention dozen of other adobe system service will be installed whether you like it or not
        • pjmlp 6y ago
          We are talking about XD here.
          • nguyenkien 6y ago
            That extra gift adobe give you when you install XD
      • strogonoff 6y ago
        Did you know that Visual Studio Code itself is a “bloated Electron app”? I found Figma quite well-engineered, though I’ve only used it in its website incarnation.
        • pjmlp 6y ago
          Yes I know, and that is why I only use it on the projects I am obliged to, due to tooling requirements.
          • strogonoff 6y ago
            Same with me and Figma. I was sent Sketch files and I wanted to use them. Myself I prefer paper (or something basic like the Concepts app on iPad) when sketching UIs.
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• deltron3030 6y ago
  Adobe Fonts integration is useful for marketing pages. In Figma you only get Google fonts, but that's what everybody is using with site builders, Canva etc. What's also nice is that you can create color themes in their Color/Kuler web app and then have those themes available to pick from within XD, or that you can open and work on images and scenes in Photoshop or Dimension (their V-Ray based 3D app which is cool for Hero scenes). Best use both, Figma is better for web apps (XD doesn't even have inset shadows for forms), and XD is a bit better for landing and marketing pages, especially if you use their other tools.
  • dfield 6y ago
    Hi, Dylan (Figma CEO) here. You can use local fonts in Figma via a local daemon helper, our native app or by adding the font to a shared library on our Org Plan. (Assuming you have an appropriate license for the font.) We're also hopeful browsers will expose an API for accessing a list of local fonts / font metrics with the user's permission. (It's a fingerprinting issue to expose this info without the user opting in which is why browsers haven't built something like this in past.) This is gaining traction on the Chrome team, which is really exciting! https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=535764#c72 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=535764... https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039956894-Use-Local-Fonts-with-Figma-Font-Helper https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039956894-Use-Lo... https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039956774-Manage-fonts-in-an-Organization https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039956774-Manage...
    • deltron3030 6y ago
      Hey, thanks for replying. I'm aware of local fonts, but you first have to get them onto your system, which is additional friction. With CC I can just browse their catalog and enable or disable what I want. Have you thought about integrations with popular (among typographers) services like Fontstand, or smaller ones like Fontown? This could be a gamer changer. I really want Figma to become a real alternative to Adobe, not only for UI stuff!
  • Vanderson 6y ago