idk if it is as much a fascination as it is just robust and reliable. what do you like as an alternative? fonts are fun 🤩

I mean I understand that and that's probably why figma uses it as their default font as well but I was l referring to people declaring inter as one of the most important fonts in the future. That I don't get. I like futura a lot more than inter for sure

i've had to work with futura and it's really awful. if you are not skilled at typography, Futura can look heavy and dated. Inter is light and doesn't leave so much of an impression. Also due to lack of good writing, there's often reams of words which Inter can support.

Yeah I agree I already replied to someone clarifying that I meant headings and very small amounts of texts. That too only with variable weights. Still Inter spacing is so unnatural to me? Do other people not feel it? Like inter spacing alongside Helvetica is just so weird.

I like inter, it's simple. But a great alternative is Satoshi

Inter is pretty close to SF if you slightly kern it. Might be why it has as much popularity as it does 🤷‍♂️ From my POV, Inter is a good interface font and it has an open license. I'm assuming Apple's SF is more restrictive.

Maybe it is the ease of use. It is tough to mess up compared to many typefaces.