Paired: Figma plugin
Font pairing without the rabbit hole
OVERVIEW
Paired is a Figma plugin that takes designers from a blank canvas to a usable font pairing in one click. I owned it end to end: problem framing, product decisions, design, and build.
CONTEXT
Existing tools like Fontjoy and Fontpair optimize for completeness, not speed. I wanted a tool that helped designers go from zero ideas to font pairings fast.
Fontjoy
Fontpair
RESEARCH + STRATEGY
Design communities showed designers losing whole afternoons cycling through combinations and second-guessing themselves. The problem wasn't too few options. It was too many.
This validation shaped the plugin's core philosophy: good enough to get moving.
DEVELOPMENT
From concept to working plugin
Cursor file
FINAL PLUGIN
Fast font pairing in Figma
Paired combines exploration with recommended pairings, reducing friction and decision fatigue by adding fonts to figma canvas with a single click.
REFLECTION
Designing with AI as a partner
Cursor handled implementation and debugging, which freed my time for the product calls AI can't make, like what "good enough" looks like. My front-end background let me spot when its suggestions broke the pairing logic and steer it back. The result was a faster build without giving up control of how the plugin works.