July 23, 2026
Alex Harri at Paper posted this slick demo of a new Paper feature today:
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Inserting frames directly into text flow has been missing from UI design tools. We're fixing that in @paper.
Text wrapping included. No more faking that with flex layout.
This is still early in development – tell us how you'd use this and what would make this more useful!
- https://x.com/alexharri_/status/2080283539254251665
I've not yet played with Paper, but concepts like this one are intriguing. I am still long on Figma, and I suspect that they'll eventually have a hybrid canvas and HTML renderer, so that they can take advantage of a DOM for browser-like features.
Exciting times in design tools!