inter VS public-sans

I couldn't agree more. I've been using it as my go-to font for web development (which is its exact design purpose) for years. Nothing looks bad in Inter[0]. It's an easy win.

The best features for web dev are great readability across its variety of weights (0-900 in CSS) from a single font file, along with a huge set of glyphs, ligatures, special numbers, etc. if you want them.

[0] https://rsms.me/inter/

Yeah no... macOS doesn't have a font that looks uncomfortably tall like that. Use Inter at 9pt font size if you really want the macOS look.

Now you also need to download and install 'Inter' font. Go here: https://rsms.me/inter/ And download it, install it. We will use it later.

It’d be nice if something like Inter[0], which is specifically designed for onscreen/UI usage, were bundled with each OS and could be assumed to be present, making it unnecessary to include Arial or Helvetica in one’s stack.

[0]: https://rsms.me/inter/

If you are really trying to mimic macOS then you should try Inter. Current version is 3.19 but the much improved version 4.0 is coming out very soon (you can download the latest beta here). This font is pretty much an open-source alternative to Apple's SF fonts and they render at the correct size on all platforms. With a little tweaking of the font rendering, you can make it look almost identical to macOS.

It's reminiscent of Public Sans, but maybe slightly less harmonious in its design. I don't hate it, though.

Public sans (F)

Seems like a miss that this is using google fonts instead of the font made by the govt https://public-sans.digital.gov/

I’ve always found government codebases fascinating, since you can directly witness the intersection of code and law!

Also see this issue raised on the Public Sans repo, which claims the typeface (created by the American government) is unconstitutional:

https://github.com/uswds/public-sans/issues/31

I've loved using Inter for a long time, and I'm glad they finally fixed some odd kerning/letter spacing issues between certain letters that always bothered me and prevented me from using it on projects.

I think Inter is getting more popular (since it's free) and replacing other popular ones like Circular that cost an arm and a leg, and pretty "look the same" in the lay-person's eyes.

There's a whole slew of similar, free typefaces now: Public Sans (https://public-sans.digital.gov/), Work Sans (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Work+Sans), Metropolis (https://fontsarena.com/metropolis-by-chris-simpson/)