1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
|
Installing & using the Inter fonts
Contents:
1. Installing font files
1.1. Installing on Apple macOS
1.2. Installing on Microsoft Windows
1.3. Installing on Ubuntu Linux
2. Using Inter in Web content
3. Hinted TrueType fonts (Inter TrueType.ttc)
4. Extras
5. License (can I use Inter for x?)
File index:
Inter.ttc Complete font family (CFF1)
Inter Variable*.ttf Complete font family (Variable TrueType)
Inter TrueType.ttc Complete font family (TrueType, with TT hints)
Web/* Web fonts and CSS
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Installing font files
Inter fonts comes in two flavors:
Variable (Inter Variable*.ttf) and Static (Inter.ttc).
Variable fonts allow you to choose any weight and optical size in
supported software. Variable fonts is a relatively recent new
technology, with varying degrees of software support.
Inter's variable font is called "Inter Variable" to avoid
confusion and to allow use alongside the traditional static fonts.
Static fonts works with older software and uses a fixed set of
predefined mixtures of weight and optical size. For example
"Inter Display Medium" is Inter with maximum optical size and a
weight of 500.
You will be installing both of these flavors.
1.1. Installing on Apple macOS
1. Open the "Font Book" application.
2. In the main menu, select "File" → "Add Fonts..."
3. Select "Inter.ttc", "Inter Variable.ttf" and
"Inter Variable Italic.ttf", then press "Open"
Alternatively, if you prefer not to use Font Book, you can move or
copy the font files directly into ~/Library/Fonts/
1.2. Installing on Microsoft Windows
1. Open the zip file you downloaded
2. Select the files "Inter TrueType.ttc", "Inter Variable.ttf" and
"Inter Variable Italic.ttf"
3. Right-click the selected files, choose "Install for all users"
If you have a previous installation of Inter, you should make sure
to remove those fonts files before installing new ones. You need to
install the font for all users, as some software requires fonts to
be global.
1.3. Installing on Ubuntu Linux
1. Create a ".fonts" directory in your home. (mkdir -p ~/.fonts)
2. Copy "Inter.ttc", "Inter Variable.ttf" and
"Inter Variable Italic.ttf" into your .fonts directory
(cp Inter.ttc *.ttf ~/.fonts/)
If you prefer the look of Microsoft ClearType-style "hinted" fonts,
for step 2, install "Inter TrueType.ttc" (INSTEAD OF "Inter.ttc".)
You may have to restart apps and/or your window server session.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
2. Using Inter in Web content
1. Copy all woff2 files and the inter.css file from the "Web"
directory to your web server
2. Add the following into your HTML <head>:
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://your-domain/">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://your-domain/inter.css">
Replace "your-domain" with the actual domain name where you host
the woff2 font files.
3. If you are using a CDN, disable any automatic compression for
the woff2 files (they are already compressed) and set the
following HTTP headers for the woff2 files:
Content-Type: font/woff2
Cache-Control: max-age=31536000
The CSS contains specific version information in the URLs used
to load the fonts, so this is safe for upgrading to newer
versions of Inter.
4. In your main document's CSS, add the following to use Inter:
:root { font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif; }
@supports (font-variation-settings: normal) {
:root { font-family: 'Inter var', sans-serif; }
}
There are many other ways of using Inter on the Web platform.
The instructions above is simply one way.
If you prefer to not host the fonts yourself, you can use the
official Inter CDN, which as a bonus means you are always serving
the latest version of Inter to your users:
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://rsms.me/">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://rsms.me/inter/inter.css">
---------------------------------------------------------------------
3. Hinted TrueType fonts (Inter TrueType.ttc)
This distribution contains TrueType fonts with hints (the programs
needed by ClearType) in a separate font bundle "Inter TrueType.ttc"
Microsoft Windows uses a technology called ClearType which alters
the shape of letters to increase sharpness, in particular for low-
density displays. This requires a font to have little programs
built into them, called TrueType hinting instructions, which lets
ClearType knows how to alter each character.
The standard distribution of Inter doesn't contain such "hints"
since it is relatively rare (and the web fonts would grow much
larger if they did contain such hinting programs.)
Additionally, some people on Windows do not like the appearance of
ClearType and prefer non-hinted fonts. (Tip: You can customize
ClearType to your liking in Window's settings.)
The variable font is currently not available with TrueType hints,
only the traditional "static" font files are. This will hopefully
change in a future release.
Important: DO NOT INSTALL BOTH VERSIONS!
DO NOT install both "Inter.ttc" and "Inter TrueType.ttc".
DO install ONE OF those font files,
or else confusing, strange things might happen (conflicts.)
Recap:
- If you want to make use of ClearType, install "Inter TrueType.ttc"
- If you do not want or need ClearType support, install "Inter.ttc"
---------------------------------------------------------------------
4. Extras
There's a separate zip file, available from the URL below, which
contains some additional content, like individual otf & ttf files.
Get a copy at: https://github.com/rsms/inter/releases/latest
---------------------------------------------------------------------
5. License (can I use Inter for x?)
Inter is a completely free-to-use typeface, including commercial
use. It is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which
you have received a copy of in the separate file LICENSE.txt
Here is a brief outline of permissions, limitations and conditions:
Permissions Limitations Conditions
- Private use - No liability - License & copyright
- Commercial use - No warranty - Same license
- Modification
- Distribution
Please read the complete LICENSE.txt carefully!
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Learn more about Inter at https://rsms.me/inter/
|
