Paper

Paper is a newer design tool for interfaces. Its canvas is built on real HTML and CSS, so what’s designed already follows the rules of the browser: text flows, layouts adapt and styles map directly to code.

Strengths: what it’s good at

• Close to the browser: layouts, typography and spacing behave as they will on the live site.
• Design to code: designs translate into code with fewer differences between mockup and result.
• Real content: working with real text and data shows early how a layout holds up.
• Modern workflows: built to connect design with coding tools and agents.

Limits: what to consider

Paper is young and its ecosystem of plugins, libraries and shared files is smaller than Figma’s. Teams that already share large Figma libraries usually keep their core system there.

Use: when I choose it

For web layouts and landing pages where the design should go into code with as little translation as possible, and for exploring responsive behaviour early. Figma remains my main tool for design systems and collaboration.