Typeport

Designers who export PDFs from Figma run into a persistent problem: Figma outlines every character as a vector shape, so the resulting PDF text cannot be selected, copied, or searched, and the files become unnecessarily large (the page cites a 24 MB example). The page quotes designers from the Figma Community Forum describing this as a long-standing, unresolved issue, including one who paid for client proposals that clients couldn't search or copy text from. This affects anyone sending Figma-exported PDFs to clients or collaborators who expect normal document behavior.

Typeport is a Figma plugin, installed from the Figma Community plugin directory, that exports PDFs with real selectable and searchable text instead of vector outlines. It automatically detects and embeds Google Fonts at export time, preserves pixel-perfect visuals with no layout changes, and produces smaller files by embedding real fonts rather than outlining characters. All processing happens locally inside the Figma plugin environment, with no files uploaded to external servers. Paid Pro features add custom font upload (TTF/OTF), multi-page export across multiple frames with ordering control, batch export, PDF bookmarks, password protection, and watermark removal.