Martian GroteskMartian GroteskAn open typeface family with a strong personality designed for web and digital projects. It contains a variable font and 63 styles. Martian Grotesk appears legible on most platforms, even when being rendered in small sizes.ProductDesign for devtoolsFonts
Martian MonoMartian MonoMartian Mono is a monospaced version of the Martian Grotesk for code style design. It's the first Evil Martians open source typeface on the market.ProductDesign for devtoolsFonts
OKLCH Color Picker & ConverterOKLCH Color Picker & ConverterOKLCH Color Picker & Converter helps designers and web developers pick and convert colors in OKLCH and LCH color space, enhance a11y in their projects, and prepare for a future with a vibrant P3 color space.Open SourceDesign for devtoolsOKLCHPostCSSCSS
PolychromPolychromA Figma plugin that ensures UI text is readable by leveraging the new APCA algorithm.Open SourceSDKs, extensions & pluginsDesign for devtoolsFigmaA11yOKLCH
Color NameColor NameA Figma plugin that answers the question “How should I name this color?” once and for all.Open SourceDesign for devtoolsFigmaTypeScript
State MachineState MachineA Sketch plugin that allows you to use ⌃⌘S to switch an active tab on a tab bar you’re designing, an active navigation section in a menu, or a page number in a pagination control.Open SourceDesign for devtoolsSketch
CompoCompoA Sketch plugin that makes it easier to work with interface components.Open SourceDesign for devtoolsSketch
Sort MeSort MeA Sketch plugin that makes sorting artboards and layers dead simple.Open SourceDesign for devtoolsSketch
Size MarksSize MarksA Photoshop™ script for web designers and frontend engineers.Open SourceDesign for devtoolsPhotoshopJavaScript
Evil IconsEvil IconsA simple and clean SVG icon pack with the code to support Ruby on Rails, Sprockets, Node.js, Gulp, and Grunt.Open SourceDesign for devtoolsCSSNode.jsRails
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