Comment by zdragnar
16 days ago
The last time I heard this from a designer, the designs we got constantly violated the UI framework in ways that required deep customization.
I'd love to have a designer that started with a style guide and then actually stuck with it. Writing CSS isn't hard, and sticking with a known set of rules makes it even easier. But then this one component needs a slightly different font size that doesn't match up to any of the established typography rules, and this other spot needs unique padding, and and and I end up having to waste so much time looking for these little surprises.
Yeah it’s easy to do. Is why I prefer to design in the browser than using Figma. Drawing boxes on an artboard does not translate well to components or systems.
First things I stress to devs I’m working with are, here are the rules for breakpoints, type sizes, colours, spacing etc. If the designs don’t match the rules, go with the rules, not the designs. If things don’t look right let’s talk about it.