---
title: "Inter (2017) — Rasmus Andersson"
description: "Inter was designed by Rasmus Andersson in 2017. What it signals, where you have seen it."
url: https://atoneplace.net/font/inter/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Inter

**Inter: Rasmus Andersson, 2017**

Sans-serif · A software product designed after about 2019. Screen-native, neutral, everywhere.

Drawn specifically for user interfaces at small sizes, with a tall x-height and open apertures, and released free. It has become the default choice for software interfaces so thoroughly that it plays the role Helvetica played for corporate print — a typeface chosen because it is the one you choose.

## The facts

- **Designed by:** Rasmus Andersson
- **Released:** 2017
- **Classification:** Sans-serif
- **What it signals now:** A software product designed after about 2019. Screen-native, neutral, everywhere.

## Where you have seen it

- GitHub
- Figma
- Mozilla
- A large fraction of every SaaS interface built since 2020

## Other typefaces from the 2010s

| Typeface | Year | Designer | What it signals |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Roboto | 2011 | Christian Robertson | Android. Google. An app. |
| Open Sans | 2011 | Steve Matteson | A website built between 2012 and 2018. Neutral, open, free. |
| San Francisco | 2014 | Apple | An Apple device, since 2015. |

> This page describes the typeface rather than showing it. Displaying a specimen requires a licensed font file and almost none of these may be redistributed, so the descriptions name the letters to look at instead.

## Common questions

### Who designed Inter?

Rasmus Andersson, in 2017.

### What is Inter used for?

A software product designed after about 2019. Screen-native, neutral, everywhere. You will have seen it on GitHub, Figma, Mozilla.

## Related pages

- [Typefaces from the 2010s](https://atoneplace.net/font/decade/2010s/)
- [Akzidenz-Grotesk](https://atoneplace.net/font/akzidenz-grotesk/)
- [Franklin Gothic](https://atoneplace.net/font/franklin-gothic/)
- [Johnston](https://atoneplace.net/font/johnston/)
- [Futura](https://atoneplace.net/font/futura/)
- [Gill Sans](https://atoneplace.net/font/gill-sans/)
- [Helvetica](https://atoneplace.net/font/helvetica/)
- [Univers](https://atoneplace.net/font/univers/)
- [Optima](https://atoneplace.net/font/optima/)

## Sources

- Official vendor product documentation — At One Place (/about/)