Why Text decoration and case in Figma? - Purpose & Use Cases

The Big Idea

Discover how simple text styling tricks can transform your reports from messy to professional in minutes!

The Scenario

Imagine you have a report with many text labels and titles. You want some words to be bold, others underlined, and some text to be all uppercase or lowercase. Doing this by manually editing each text box one by one in your design tool is tiring and takes a lot of time.

The Problem

Manually changing text decoration and case is slow and easy to forget. You might miss some labels or make inconsistent styles. This leads to a messy report that confuses viewers and wastes your time fixing errors.

The Solution

Using text decoration and case features in Figma lets you quickly apply styles like underline, strikethrough, or uppercase to many text elements at once. This keeps your report consistent and saves you from repetitive work.

Before vs After

✗ Before

Select each text box > Change font style > Change case > Repeat

✓ After

Use text decoration and case options in Figma styles panel to apply changes globally

What It Enables

You can create clean, professional reports with consistent text styles effortlessly, making your data easier to understand.

Real Life Example

A sales dashboard where all product names are automatically capitalized and important notes are underlined, so viewers quickly spot key information.

Key Takeaways

Manual text styling is slow and error-prone.

Text decoration and case features speed up styling and keep consistency.

This improves report clarity and saves time.

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?

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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