Inter

Inter is a typeface carefully crafted & designed for computer screens. Inter features a tall x-height to aid in readability of mixed-case and lower-case text. Inter is a variable font with several OpenType features, 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.

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Quick questions

Where can I get Inter? Here
I think I found a bug. How can I let you know? Open an issue here
I have a question. Where can I get help? Post in Discussions Q&A
Should I use Inter from Google Fonts? No, unless you have no other choice. (outdated, no italics)
Can I legally use Inter for my purpose? Most likely yes! Inter is free and open source. (Read the license for details.)

Using & installing Inter

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To use Inter on a web page, use the official CDN distribution with the following HTML and CSS:

<link rel="preconnect" href="https://rsms.me/">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://rsms.me/inter/inter.css">

:root { font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif; }
@supports (font-variation-settings: normal) {
  :root { font-family: 'Inter var', sans-serif; }
}

Alternate distributions

NPM inter-ui
Homebrew font-inter
Ubuntu fonts-inter
List of Inter available on various Linux distributions…
Google Fonts (outdated version, no italics)

Disclaimer: Alternate distributions may not always be up-to-date.

Derivative versions

Inter with Shavian character support

Notable projects using Inter

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Supporters & contributors

A wholehearted Thank You to everyone who supports the Inter project!

Special thanks to @thundernixon and @KatjaSchimmel who have put in significant effort into making Inter what it is through their contributions ♡

See graphs/contributors for a complete list of all contributors.

Contributing to this project

For instructions on how to work with the source files and how to compile & build font files, refer to CONTRIBUTING.md.

Inter is licensed under the SIL Open Font License

Design

This section discusses some of the design choices made for Inter.

Inter can be classified as a geometric neo-grotesque, similar in style to Roboto, Apple San Francisco, Akkurat, Asap, Lucida Grande and more. Some trade-offs were made in order to make this typeface work really well at small sizes:

Early versions of Inter was not suitable for very large sizes because of some small-scale glyph optimizations (like "pits" and "traps") that help rasterization at small sizes but stand out and interfere at large sizes. However today Inter works well at large sizes and a Display subfamily is in the works for really large "display" sizes.
Rasterized at sizes below 12px, some stems—like the horizontal center of "E", "F", or vertical center of "m"—are drawn with two semi-opaque pixels instead of one solid. This is because we "prioritize" (optimize for) higher-density rasterizations. If we move these stems to an off-center position—so that they can be drawn sharply at e.g. 11px—text will be less legible at higher resolutions.

Inter is a variable font and is in addition also distributed as a set of traditional distinct font files in the following styles:

Roman (upright) name	Italic name	Weight
Thin	Thin Italic	100
Extra Light	Extra Light Italic	200
Light	Light Italic	300
Regular	Italic	400
Medium	Medium Italic	500
Semi Bold	Semi Bold Italic	600
Bold	Bold Italic	700
Extra Bold	Extra Bold Italic	800
Black	Black Italic	900

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