How to move from early Figma explorations all the way into production markup

Handoff fails when the design file is a mood board and the codebase is a scavenger hunt. Agree early on spacing scales, type ramps, and interactive states – then mirror those names in code.

Inspect modes and redlines help, but a living example page in the theme is better. If engineers can compare a real block to the mock, fewer pixels get "approximately right."