Inter
Modern, neutral, exceptionally readable at every size
The default font of modern UI design — neutral, highly legible, and optimised for screens.
Live specimen
The quick brown fox
Jumps over the lazy dog
Good typography serves reading. It creates hierarchy, communicates meaning, and guides the eye through content without calling attention to itself. The best type choice is the one readers never notice.
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About
Inter was designed by Rasmus Andersson specifically for computer screens, with tall lowercase letters and open apertures that maximise legibility at small sizes. It has become the dominant sans-serif in UI design precisely because it gets out of the way — it is readable without calling attention to itself. Available as a variable font with optical sizing.
Use cases
- UI text
- Body copy
- Dashboards
- SaaS products
- Data tables
Pairs well with
Usage
✓ Good
Use Inter for all body copy, UI labels, and data-dense interfaces where readability at small sizes is the priority.
✗ Avoid
Using Inter for a luxury brand or editorial print publication — its technical precision lacks the warmth and character those contexts call for.
AI Prompt
Copy into Claude, Cursor, Bolt, or v0.
Set body font to Inter at 16px/400 for all UI text. Use Inter 600 for headings and 500 for labels. Load only the weights you use: 400, 500, 600.