Figma Spell Check, Rejecting Candidates, Font Maximalism — and more UX this week
Tags: productdesign, startup, hotthisweek, design
Published: 2020-01-11 17:08:04

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title: Figma Spell Check, Rejecting Candidates, Font Maximalism — and more UX this week
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date: 2020-01-11 14:21:43 UTC
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- [**Dark, Mode?**](https://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2020/01/dark-isnt-just-a-mode.php) →  
Wait, is dark mode even a mode?
- [**Paying Designers**](https://www.fastcompany.com/90448818/designers-need-to-get-paid-lets-ban-exposure-once-and-for-all) →  
Let’s ban ‘exposure’ and start paying them.
- [**2020 Conferences**](https://airtable.com/universe/expVQeFlX6a3Trw8G/ux-and-design-conferences-in-2020) →  
Airtable with top design conferences this year.


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### Stories from the community

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[**What I learnt from rejecting design candidates**](https://uxdesign.cc/what-i-learnt-from-rejecting-design-candidates-and-what-you-shouldnt-do-as-an-applicant-5235b6734e6a?source=friends_link&sk=ed4356fa13f860ebd6b17bb39da0a99d) →

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[**Design Tempo: the art of managing creative pace**](https://uxdesign.cc/design-tempo-the-art-of-managing-creative-pace-af843cc67667?source=friends_link&sk=ec4e41d6c079b894a21dca5deac94768) →

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[**Figma’s killer feature hasn’t even been built yet**](https://uxdesign.cc/figmas-killer-feature-hasn-t-even-been-built-yet-84be923ac5b2?source=friends_link&sk=543062e8eda90d1e39693507be1a30ae) →

### News & Ideas

- [**Flat and a Half**](https://www.yanlinma.com/flat-ui-and-a-half/) →  
UI explorations right between flat and funny.
- [**Grumpy Website**](https://grumpy.website/) →  
Collection of annoying user experience moments.
- [**Font Maximalism**](https://theoutline.com/post/8385/didones-font-of-the-decade) →  
The age of font minimalism is coming to a close.
- [**Crazy Coleopterists**](https://www.cunicode.com/works/confusing-coleopterists) →  
A beetle generator made by thousands of public domain illustrations.

### Tools & Resources

- [**Figma Spell Check**](https://spelll.design/) →  
No more typoes in your beautiful design.
- [**Design Password**](http://designpassword.com/) →  
Easy to remember password generator.
- [**Journalistic**](https://journalisticapp.com/) →  
A simple, yet powerful micro journaling app.
- [**Music for Programming**](http://musicforprogramming.net/) →  
Walls of reverb, synth arpeggios, few vocals: these all help.


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