Text decoration and case in Figma - Real Business Scenario

Scenario Mode

👤 Your Role: You are a UI/UX designer working on a sales dashboard for your company's marketing team.

📋 Request: Your manager wants the dashboard text to be clear and visually appealing. They ask you to apply text decorations and adjust text case to improve readability and highlight important information.

📊 Data: You have a dashboard prototype with various text elements such as titles, labels, and data values.

🎯 Deliverable: You need to create a Figma design file where text decorations (underline, strikethrough, overline) and text case (uppercase, lowercase, capitalize) are applied appropriately to different text elements.

Sample Data

Text Element	Current Text	Purpose
Title	monthly sales report	Main heading
Section Label	total revenue	Section heading
Data Value	$150,000	Key metric
Note	data is preliminary	Additional info
Link	view details	Clickable link

1

Step 1: Select the Title text element and change its text case to uppercase.

In Figma, select the Title text layer, then in the Text panel, choose 'Uppercase' from the text case dropdown.

Expected Result

Title text changes from 'monthly sales report' to 'MONTHLY SALES REPORT'.

2

Step 2: Select the Section Label text element and apply capitalization to each word.

Select the Section Label text layer, then choose 'Title Case' or 'Capitalize' in the text case options.

Expected Result

Section Label text changes from 'total revenue' to 'Total Revenue'.

3

Step 3: Select the Data Value text element and apply underline decoration to highlight it.

Select the Data Value text layer, then enable 'Underline' in the text decoration options.

Expected Result

Data Value text '$150,000' is underlined.

4

Step 4: Select the Note text element and apply italic style and strikethrough decoration to indicate preliminary status.

Select the Note text layer, enable 'Italic' style and 'Strikethrough' decoration in the text panel.

Expected Result

Note text 'data is preliminary' is italicized and has a strikethrough line.

5

Step 5: Select the Link text element and apply underline decoration and lowercase text case for consistent link style.

Select the Link text layer, enable 'Underline' decoration and set text case to 'lowercase'.

Expected Result

Link text changes from 'view details' to 'view details' with underline.

Final Result

-----------------------------------------
| MONTHLY SALES REPORT                   |
|                                       |
| Total Revenue                         |
| $150,000                             |
|                                       |
| *data is preliminary* (strikethrough) |
|                                       |
| view details (underlined link)        |
-----------------------------------------

✓Uppercase text for main titles improves visibility and emphasis.

✓Capitalized section labels enhance readability and professionalism.

✓Underlining key data values draws attention to important metrics.

✓Italic and strikethrough on notes clearly indicate preliminary or tentative information.

✓Consistent underline and lowercase style for links improves user recognition.

Bonus Challenge

Create a Figma prototype where hovering over the link changes its text decoration from underline to overline and changes text case to uppercase.

Show Hint

Use Figma's interactive components feature to create hover states with different text decoration and case styles.

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