Design Guidelines for Paste
As a Twilio Designer, you have access to Figma. Join the Twilio organization by requesting an account through ServiceNow. When you have access to Figma, you can learn more by reviewing our Working with Figma guide.
Paste libraries are turned on by default in Figma. If you want to control libraries per file, go to the “Assets” tab on a file, where you can also drag components into your file. Click the book icon in the upper corner. From the modal, you can turn libraries on and off. Learn more about managing libraries.
The following are the main libraries we recommend you have enabled for each Figma file. Any time a library is updated, you’ll get a notification in your project asking if you’d like to update.
- NewPaste Componentsincludes the latest updated components that use the updated design language themes. All new components and component updates will be made in this library.
- NewTwilio Paste Themeincludes the newest design language token updates (color, text, and shadow styles), needed for the Paste Components library.
- Paste Patterns
- Brand Illustrations includes illustrations for empty states, sections, etc
- Asset Documentation includes helpful utilities for marking up designs, like sticky notes and cursors
- File and Cover Sheet Template
👉 Our recommendations for using the new Figma libraries
Use the new libraries for net-new designs, rather than trying to swap older design files to the new libraries, as things could be detached and our new components library has some updated structuring.
- Console Library for teams with Console projects (managed by the Console team)
- Evergreen Paste Components, Paste Evergreen Theme, Evergreen Paste Patterns includes components, tokens, and patterns that look like Evergreen. You can use this library until your product migrates to the Paste Components library.
Paste uses 2 theme libraries.
When you have a theme library linked, you'll have access to:
- Text styles (font families, font weights, and font sizes)
- Color styles (fill and stroke for background, border, and text colors)
- Effect styles (drop shadows, etc.)
Components are UI elements that can be reused across your designs. They help you create and manage consistent designs across projects.
You can drag and drop components into your project via the Assets panel on the left, and swap to different variants for a given component via the Design panel on the right.
Check out our tips and tricks for more helpful hints about using the Paste Components library.
We release library updates continuously and use Figma’s version history to keep track.
We demarcate changes with hints which you can see in the description of each update:
- 🚀 New: [summary of a new thing]
- ✨ Improved: [summary of an improved thing]
- 🐛 Fixed: [summary of a bug fix]
- ❗️ Breaking: [summary of a breaking change]
Fonts in Paste are preloaded into Figma so you don't need to download or install any font files.
Twilio Sans Text is used for UI text.
Twilio Sans Display for headlines.
Twilio Sans Mono is an extensive open source programming font.
If you have any questions for us that weren’t covered by this guide, or you are running into problems using our design resources, please reach out!