📖 Notes LESSON 10 OF 26

Design Systems — Styles, Tokens & Libraries

⏱️ 28 min
🖥️ Figma

The Single Source of Truth

Color styles, text styles, effect styles, shared libraries, and how to build a consistent design system.

Styles & Libraries

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Color Styles
Named, reusable colors (e.g. "Primary/500") applied consistently across every screen.
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Text Styles
Saved font, size, weight, and line-height combinations for headings and body text.
Effect Styles
Reusable shadows, blurs, and other visual effects.
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Shared Libraries
A published file of styles/components other Figma files can subscribe to and reuse.
Why design systems scale teams
When a color style changes once in the shared library, every screen using it updates automatically — instead of a designer manually finding and fixing every instance.
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