6 Free Design Tools

The internet is full of great tools web designers can use to gather inspiration and high-quality assets. This list will provide a handful of the most useful free resources that can be utilized when creating your next website.

Figma

Figma is an application for UI design that can be used in a web browser. With Figma, users can create everything from wireframes to full designs. While full access to Figma does require a monthly fee, the free tier for the service is robust and is likely to be more than enough for many users.

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Unsplash

Unsplash is a stock photography website owned by Getty Images. Users can visit Unsplash to download high-quality, copyright-free images. These images can be used in your websites and apps, even for commercial purposes. Adding quality images to a product is one of the easiest ways to make your designs look professional, which makes Unsplash an excellent resource for web designers to take advantage of.

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Google Fonts

Google Fonts is a library of over a thousand open source fonts that can be used in websites and mobile apps. The fonts can either be linked in a website's HTML or downloaded for installation. Google Fonts has a wide variety in their collection, including variable fonts and fonts for many different alphabets. Some of the web's most popular fonts can be found in their library.

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Adobe Color

Adobe Color is a website with a collection of several different tools for choosing colors in a design. Their color wheel allows a user to quickly create a variety of color palettes based on different rules. Also on the site are tools for extracting colors from images and checking the accessibility of text colors.

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Iconfinder

Iconfinder is a website with a huge library of icons, illustrations, and 3D graphics. They offer both free and premium graphics. Icons from Iconfinder can be downloaded as SVG or PNG, or copied directly to your clipboard for easy transfer to your projects.

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uiGradients

The uiGradients website has a collection of premade gradients in a variety of styles and colors. These gradients can be useful as inspiration and can help you choose complementary colors for your design. Gradients can be copied as CSS or exported as JPG.

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