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I am not one who gets worked up over typefaces so my short take is "yet another san-serif font" but the discussion about why he chose to do things in certain ways was useful for me in appreciating how this font differs from other, similar offerings.
Am I the only one that wishes the article about the font "made for screens" went into more detail about what makes this specific font better for screens?
What’s interesting is that Ikea chose to use Verdana for many of their print & in-store display material[2]. To me it looks a bit blocky and unfinished, which actually is a not a bad look for Ikea.
[1] https://www.moma.org/collection/works/139312
[2] https://www.google.com/search?q=ikea+verdana&rlz=1CDGOYI_enG...:
Is it just me or does Inter look like a clone of Helvetica?
Personally I liked this font much better than the other opensource alternatives, especially with the number of weights it offered. I am glad it's gotten popular.
Is it just me or does Inter look like a clone of Helvetica?
It started as a clone of Roboto, which in turn started as a clone of Helvetica (sort of), so that's not really a surprising reaction. Fonts are weird like that.
> With a typeface, it's just this black box as to who is using some of the stuff, then you have no way of reaching back. You're completely reliant on whoever makes use of it tells you about it, which probably no one does, right? I've seen multiple websites (What The Font being one of them) which analyses a picture with text. They then try to guess the font being used. If you could automate this process, you might be…
Web crawling seems like a great idea, but probably not worth it just to get a list of customers. And it will never tell you who's using it in their app, or for signage.
Is it just me or does Inter look like a clone of Helvetica?
My wife thinks every Serif font is Times Roman!
Am I the only one that wishes the article about the font "made for screens" went into more detail about what makes this specific font better for screens?
Verdana is a great example of a font designed for low-resolution screens[1]. What’s interesting is that Ikea chose to use Verdana for many of their print & in-store display material[2]. To me it looks a bit blocky and unfinished, which actually is a not a bad look for Ikea. [1] https://www.moma.org/collection/works/139312 [2] https://www.google.com/search?q=ikea+verdana&rlz=1CDGOYI_enG... :
With that said, I share your opinion on Verdana and that can definitely have played a role in their decision.