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The Inter UI font family

- Inter UI is a typeface specially designed for user interfaces - with focus on high legibility of small-to-medium sized text on computer screens. -

- The family features a tall x-height to aid in readability of mixed-case and - lower-case text. Several OpenType features are provided as well, - like contextual alternates that adjusts punctuation depending on the shape of - surrounding glyphs, slashed zero for when you need to disambiguate "0" from "o", - tabular numbers, etc. -

- -

- More samples -> -

-

- -

How do I use it?

- Using the font is as easy as - download & installing locally on your computer. -

- You're free to bundle copies of Inter UI with your software, even if it's - commercial and you charge money for your software. Inter UI can also be used - on the web by either hosting the font files yourself or by including this CSS: -

- @import url('https://rsms.me/inter/inter-ui.css'); -

Use the following CSS rules to specify the Inter UI family:

- font-family: 'Inter UI', sans-serif; - -

- -

How much does it cost?

- Inter UI is a free and open source font family. You are free to use this font in almost any way imaginable. - Refer to the SIL Open Font License 1.1 for exact details on what the conditions and restrictions are. -

- -

- There are currently four weights -

Features

- - -

Contextual alternates (calt)

- - DisabledEnabled - 12:34, FE—X12:34, FE—X - 4.24.2 - SFO -> STOSFO -> STO - IIA —> OGGIIA —> OGG - M@N m@nM@N m@n - - - - -

Tabular numbers (tnum)

- - DisabledEnabled - 12345678901234567890 - 1131711 1131711 - 0040900 0040900 - 11:31,711 11:31,711 - 00:40.900 00:40.900 - - - - -

Slashed zero (zero)

- - DisabledEnabled - 01230123 - - - - -

Fractions (frac)

- - DisabledEnabled - - 1/3 22/9 3/4/5 - 1/3 22/9 3/4/5 - - - - - -

Stylistic set 1: Alternate digits (ss01)

- - DisabledEnabled - - 1234567890 - 1234567890 - - 11 - 44 - 66 - 99 - - - - -

Case alternates (case)

- - DisabledEnabled - - (Hello) [World] {9000} - (Hello) [World] {9000} - - SCHOOL @ RUNSCHOOL @ RUN - 3 + 9 = 12 * 13 + 9 = 12 * 1 - * + ÷ ± × = ≠ •* + ÷ ± × = ≠ • - → ← ⟶ ⟵ − - – — :→ ← ⟶ ⟵ − - – — : - - - - - -

- Also includes some - Localized Forms (locl), - Numerators (numr) and - Denominators (dnom). -

- -

- - -

- -

The story behind Inter UI

- Inter UI started out in late 2016 as an experiment to build a perfectly - pixel-fitting font at a specific small size (11px.) The idea was that - by crafting a font in a particular way, with a particular coordinate system - (Units Per EM), and for a particular target rasterization size (11), it would - be possible to get the best of both sharpness and readability. -

- However after a few months of using an early version of Inter UI, it dawned - on everyone exposed to the test that this approach had some serious real-world - problems. Most notably that it was really hard to read longer text. Because of - the pixel-aligning nature of that approach, the font took an almost - mono-spaced appearance, - making it really easy to read numbers, punctuation and very short - words, but eye-straining to read anything longer. -

- The project was rebooted with a different approach, sticking with the - specific UPM, but crafting glyphs and kerning in a way that made for - more variation in the rhythm and smoother vertical and horizontal stems. - As Inter UI was being developed, it was tested on an internal version of - Figma—where the author of Inter UI works as a designer—and slowly improved upon based on experience and feedback. -

- -

Current status & usability

- Inter UI works great for English-language text, and pretty well for other - Latin and Cyrillic languages. There's still a lot of work to be done, and - contributions are warmly welcomed. The playground contains a lot of samples, including some common non English-language words in the playground. -

- -

- Please refer to the glyph repertoire - for an overview of currently-available glyphs and their quality. -

- -

FAQ

- How do I enable and disable font features? -
- In web browsers you'll want to use - font-feature-settings. - In Figma you can access features via the - Advanced Typography panel. - In Illustrator, Photoshop and friends, you can access features via the - Characters and OpenType panels. - Sketch doesn't provide a UI for configuring font features, but there's - a workaround using macOS's native font UI. -
- What is the difference between "unhinted" and "hinted" font files? -
- The font files in the "hinted" folders have additional data in them - for assisting - ClearType, - the text rasterizer used by Microsoft Windows (and some Linux distributions.) - You want to use the "hinted" fonts only if you are targeting Windows users - and prefer the different look of these "hinted" fonts. - Additionally, hinting data makes the font files larger, so if you are - using Inter UI on websites, the extra size of these files is another - consideration to make. - - This article explains hinting at a greater length. -
- How reliable are the fonts served from rsms.me/inter? Is it on a CDN? -
- rsms.me/inter is backed by GitHub's server network and distributed - globally on the CloudFlare CDN, making usage of - https://rsms.me/inter/inter-ui.css and associated font - files very reliable and fast throughout the world. -
- Can I help with improving Inter UI? -
- Yes you can! Inter UI is an open-source project, meaning the source - code—or "source design" if you will—that is used to build the font files - are freely available to improve upon. - Font making requires a fair bit of technical work and - depending on what you'd like to do, some things might be more fun - depending on your technical skills. - The "Contributing" document is a great place to start. The document outlines where - you can have the biggest impact, how things are setup and how to get - started. -
- This website claims work started in 2016, but the git repository's log says it started later? -
- Inter UI was developed in an a private, internal git repository - starting in November 2016, prior to being published on August 22, 2017. - Between November 2016 and August 2017, there were - 2 990 150 line edits made across 247 versions. - The reason the public GitHub repository does not reflect this is the - fact that the project was initially only internal at the company where - the author works and had some sensitive information "checked in", - like AWS server details and internal author identity in - all commit messages. Maybe one day we can write an elaborate git - filter-branch program and convert the filter the old repository to make - it public, but what would be the point of that? :—) -
- I've made a cool thing that uses Inter UI, can I share it with you? - or -
- I have a different question -
- Reach out on Twitter (@rsms) or over email -

- -

- - -

- — @rsms -

- - - - - +--- +layout: default +--- + +

The Inter UI font family

+ Inter UI is a typeface specially designed for user interfaces + with focus on high legibility of small-to-medium sized text on computer screens. +

+ The family features a tall x-height to aid in readability of mixed-case and + lower-case text. Several OpenType features are provided as well, + like contextual alternates that adjusts punctuation depending on the shape of + surrounding glyphs, slashed zero for when you need to disambiguate "0" from "o", + tabular numbers, etc. +

+ +

+ More samples -> +

+

+ +

How do I use it?

+ Using the font is as easy as + download & installing locally on your computer. +

+ You're free to bundle copies of Inter UI with your software, even if it's + commercial and you charge money for your software. Inter UI can also be used + on the web by either hosting the font files yourself or by including this CSS: +

+ @import url('https://rsms.me/inter/inter-ui.css'); +

Use the following CSS rules to specify the Inter UI family:

+ font-family: 'Inter UI', sans-serif; + +

+ +

Dynamic Metrics

+ There's of course no absolute right or wrong when it comes to expressing yourself with typography, but Inter UI Dynamic Metrics provides guidelines for good typography. You simply provide the optical font size, and the tracking and leading is calculated for you to produce the best results. + Learn about Dynamic Metrics —> +

+ +

How much does it cost?

+ Inter UI is a free and open source font family. You are free to use this font in almost any way imaginable. + Refer to the SIL Open Font License 1.1 for exact details on what the conditions and restrictions are. +

+ +

+ There are currently four weights +

Features

+ + +

Contextual alternates (calt)

+ + DisabledEnabled + 12:34, FE—X12:34, FE—X + 4.24.2 + SFO -> STOSFO -> STO + IIA —> OGGIIA —> OGG + M@N m@nM@N m@n + + + + +

Tabular numbers (tnum)

+ + DisabledEnabled + 12345678901234567890 + 1131711 1131711 + 0040900 0040900 + 11:31,711 11:31,711 + 00:40.900 00:40.900 + + + + +

Slashed zero (zero)

+ + DisabledEnabled + 01230123 + + + + +

Fractions (frac)

+ + DisabledEnabled + + 1/3 22/9 3/4/5 + 1/3 22/9 3/4/5 + + + + + +

Stylistic set 1: Alternate digits (ss01)

+ + DisabledEnabled + + 1234567890 + 1234567890 + + 11 + 44 + 66 + 99 + + + + +

Case alternates (case)

+ + DisabledEnabled + + (Hello) [World] {9000} + (Hello) [World] {9000} + + SCHOOL @ RUNSCHOOL @ RUN + 3 + 9 = 12 * 13 + 9 = 12 * 1 + * + ÷ ± × = ≠ •* + ÷ ± × = ≠ • + → ← ⟶ ⟵ − - – — :→ ← ⟶ ⟵ − - – — : + + + + + +

+ Also includes some + Localized Forms (locl), + Numerators (numr) and + Denominators (dnom). +

+ +

+ + +

+ +

The story behind Inter UI

+ Inter UI started out in late 2016 as an experiment to build a perfectly + pixel-fitting font at a specific small size (11px.) The idea was that + by crafting a font in a particular way, with a particular coordinate system + (Units Per EM), and for a particular target rasterization size (11), it would + be possible to get the best of both sharpness and readability. +

+ However after a few months of using an early version of Inter UI, it dawned + on everyone exposed to the test that this approach had some serious real-world + problems. Most notably that it was really hard to read longer text. Because of + the pixel-aligning nature of that approach, the font took an almost + mono-spaced appearance, + making it really easy to read numbers, punctuation and very short + words, but eye-straining to read anything longer. +

+ The project was rebooted with a different approach, sticking with the + specific UPM, but crafting glyphs and kerning in a way that made for + more variation in the rhythm and smoother vertical and horizontal stems. + As Inter UI was being developed, it was tested on an internal version of + Figma—where the author of Inter UI works as a designer—and slowly improved upon based on experience and feedback. +

+ +

Current status & usability

+ Inter UI works great for English-language text, and pretty well for other + Latin and Cyrillic languages. There's still a lot of work to be done, and + contributions are warmly welcomed. The playground contains a lot of samples, including some common non English-language words in the playground. +

+ +

+ Please refer to the glyph repertoire + for an overview of currently-available glyphs and their quality. +

+ +

FAQ

+ How do I enable and disable font features? +
+ In web browsers you'll want to use + font-feature-settings. + In Figma you can access features via the + Advanced Typography panel. + In Illustrator, Photoshop and friends, you can access features via the + Characters and OpenType panels. + Sketch doesn't provide a UI for configuring font features, but there's + a workaround using macOS's native font UI. +
+ What is the difference between "unhinted" and "hinted" font files? +
+ The font files in the "hinted" folders have additional data in them + for assisting + ClearType, + the text rasterizer used by Microsoft Windows (and some Linux distributions.) + You want to use the "hinted" fonts only if you are targeting Windows users + and prefer the different look of these "hinted" fonts. + Additionally, hinting data makes the font files larger, so if you are + using Inter UI on websites, the extra size of these files is another + consideration to make. + + This article explains hinting at a greater length. +
+ How reliable are the fonts served from rsms.me/inter? Is it on a CDN? +
+ rsms.me/inter is backed by GitHub's server network and distributed + globally on the CloudFlare CDN, making usage of + https://rsms.me/inter/inter-ui.css and associated font + files very reliable and fast throughout the world. +
+ Can I help with improving Inter UI? +
+ Yes you can! Inter UI is an open-source project, meaning the source + code—or "source design" if you will—that is used to build the font files + are freely available to improve upon. + Font making requires a fair bit of technical work and + depending on what you'd like to do, some things might be more fun + depending on your technical skills. + The "Contributing" document is a great place to start. The document outlines where + you can have the biggest impact, how things are setup and how to get + started. +
+ This website claims work started in 2016, but the git repository's log says it started later? +
+ Inter UI was developed in an a private, internal git repository + starting in November 2016, prior to being published on August 22, 2017. + Between November 2016 and August 2017, there were + 2 990 150 line edits made across 247 versions. + The reason the public GitHub repository does not reflect this is the + fact that the project was initially only internal at the company where + the author works and had some sensitive information "checked in", + like AWS server details and internal author identity in + all commit messages. Maybe one day we can write an elaborate git + filter-branch program and convert the filter the old repository to make + it public, but what would be the point of that? :—) +
+ I've made a cool thing that uses Inter UI, can I share it with you? + or +
+ I have a different question +
+ Reach out on Twitter (@rsms) or over email +

+ +

+ + +

+ — @rsms +

+ + -- cgit v1.2.3

The Inter UI font family

How do I use it?

How much does it cost?

Features

Contextual alternates (calt)

Tabular numbers (tnum)

Slashed zero (zero)

Fractions (frac)

Stylistic set 1: Alternate digits (ss01)

Case alternates (case)

Browse all glyphs ->

The story behind Inter UI

Current status & usability

FAQ

The Inter UI font family

How do I use it?

Dynamic Metrics

How much does it cost?

Features

Contextual alternates (calt)

Tabular numbers (tnum)

Slashed zero (zero)

Fractions (frac)

Stylistic set 1: Alternate digits (ss01)

Case alternates (case)

Browse all glyphs ->

The story behind Inter UI

Current status & usability

FAQ