Text decoration and case in Figma - Dashboard Guide

Dashboard Mode - Text decoration and case

Dashboard Goal

This dashboard helps you see how text decoration and case styles affect the readability and emphasis of business report titles and labels.

Sample Data

Text Sample	Decoration	Case Style	Example Text
Title 1	None	Sentence case	Quarterly sales report
Title 2	Underline	Uppercase	ANNUAL REVENUE
Title 3	Line-through	Lowercase	customer feedback
Title 4	Overline	Capitalize	Monthly expenses
Title 5	None	Title Case	Employee Performance

Dashboard Components

• KPI Card: Text Decoration Preview - Shows each text sample with its decoration style applied (none, underline, line-through, overline).
• KPI Card: Case Style Preview - Shows each text sample with its case style applied (sentence case, uppercase, lowercase, capitalize, title case).
• Table: Text Samples Table - Displays the sample data with columns for text, decoration, case style, and example text.

Dashboard Layout

+----------------------+----------------------+
| Text Decoration      | Case Style           |
| Preview (KPI Card)   | Preview (KPI Card)   |
+----------------------+----------------------+
|          Text Samples Table             |
|                (Full Width)             |
+----------------------------------------+

Interactivity

When you select a text sample in the table, the Text Decoration Preview and Case Style Preview update to show that sample's styles applied. This helps you compare how different decorations and cases look on the same text.

Self Check

If you filter the table to show only rows with Underline decoration, which components update and how?

• The Text Decoration Preview updates to show only the underlined text samples.
• The Case Style Preview updates to show the case styles of those filtered samples.
• The table shows only the filtered rows with underline decoration.

Key Result

Dashboard showing how different text decorations and case styles affect report titles and labels.

Practice

1. Which text decoration in Figma adds a line below the text to emphasize it?

easy

A. Shadow

B. Strikethrough

C. Overline

D. Underline

Solution

1. Step 1: Understand text decoration types

   Underline adds a line below text, strikethrough adds a line through the middle, overline adds a line above.

2. Step 2: Identify the decoration that adds a line below

   Underline is the decoration that places a line below the text to emphasize it.

3. Final Answer:

   Underline -> Option D

4. Quick Check:

   Underline = line below text [OK]

Hint: Underline means line below text, easy to remember [OK]

Common Mistakes:

• Confusing underline with strikethrough
• Thinking shadow is a line
• Mixing overline with underline

2. Which of the following is the correct way to set text to uppercase in Figma's text properties panel?

easy

A. Select text, then choose 'lowercase' option

B. Select text, then choose 'uppercase' option

C. Select text, then choose 'capitalize' option

D. Select text, then choose 'strikethrough' option

Solution

1. Step 1: Review text case options in Figma

   Figma offers lowercase, uppercase, and capitalize options to change text case.

2. Step 2: Identify the option that converts text to all uppercase letters

   The 'uppercase' option changes all letters to capital letters.

3. Final Answer:

   Select text, then choose 'uppercase' option -> Option B

4. Quick Check:

   Uppercase option = all capital letters [OK]

Hint: Uppercase means all letters capitalized [OK]

Common Mistakes:

• Choosing lowercase instead of uppercase
• Confusing capitalize with uppercase
• Selecting strikethrough by mistake

3. Given a text layer in Figma with the text "hello world" and the text case set to 'capitalize', what will be the displayed text?

medium

A. Hello World

B. HELLO WORLD

C. hello world

D. HeLLo WoRLD

Solution

1. Step 1: Understand the 'capitalize' text case effect

   Capitalize changes the first letter of each word to uppercase and the rest to lowercase.

2. Step 2: Apply capitalize to 'hello world'

   Each word's first letter becomes uppercase: 'Hello World'.

3. Final Answer:

   Hello World -> Option A

4. Quick Check:

   Capitalize = first letter uppercase [OK]

Hint: Capitalize means first letter uppercase in each word [OK]

Common Mistakes:

• Confusing capitalize with uppercase
• Expecting all lowercase
• Mixing random letter cases

4. You applied strikethrough to a text layer in Figma, but the line does not appear. What is the most likely reason?

medium

A. You need to select underline instead of strikethrough

B. Strikethrough is not supported in Figma

C. The text color is the same as the background color

D. The font size is too large

Solution

1. Step 1: Check if strikethrough is supported in Figma

   Figma supports strikethrough, so Strikethrough is not supported in Figma is incorrect.

2. Step 2: Consider visibility issues

   If the text color matches the background, the strikethrough line won't be visible.

3. Final Answer:

   The text color is the same as the background color -> Option C

4. Quick Check:

   Invisible line = color matches background [OK]

Hint: Check color contrast if decoration is invisible [OK]

Common Mistakes:

• Thinking strikethrough is unsupported
• Confusing underline with strikethrough
• Blaming font size for missing line

5. You want to create a report title in Figma that is all uppercase, underlined, and visually clear on both light and dark backgrounds. Which combination of settings is best?

hard

A. Set text case to uppercase, apply underline, use a high-contrast color like white on dark or black on light

B. Set text case to lowercase, apply strikethrough, use gray color

C. Set text case to capitalize, no decoration, use pastel colors

D. Set text case to uppercase, apply overline, use same color as background

Solution

1. Step 1: Identify text case for all uppercase

   Use uppercase setting to make all letters capital.

2. Step 2: Choose underline for emphasis

   Underline adds a clear line below the title for emphasis.

3. Step 3: Select high-contrast colors for visibility

   White on dark or black on light ensures text is visible on both backgrounds.

4. Final Answer:

   Set text case to uppercase, apply underline, use a high-contrast color like white on dark or black on light -> Option A

5. Quick Check:

   Uppercase + underline + high contrast = clear title [OK]

Hint: Use uppercase + underline + high contrast for clear titles [OK]

Common Mistakes:

• Using lowercase or capitalize instead of uppercase
• Choosing strikethrough instead of underline
• Using low contrast colors