The ONLY 8 Fonts UI Designers Need. Forget The Rest.

[@Mizko]

I want to be clear, Inter was not designed by Wei Huang. It was created by Rasmus Andersson. I mixed up my slides. I apologise! 👉Watch next How to TRANSITION from JUNIOR to MID-LEVEL as a UX/UI Designer - kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaTEpaGvqd18qdU How to Present a UX Case Study in a Job Interview (Download Template) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIe9l4qcptKFeLs Create STUNNING Interactive Presentations | Figma Tutorial - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iX-WpWunnrmUaLM Yours truly, Mizko

[@dkaigorodov]

Also, it's painful for me to hear Inter is a Google Font.

[@krsnabantai]

Inter is life :)

[@naahj]

🙌

[@jobach]

Inter IS life. I have an addiction to customizing my phone. I've used inter for a while as my phone's font. I've tried helvetica and even google sans. Idk what to do next so I'm going mad

[@aqibraza6416]

Hey Mizko. I really appreciate you and what you do. You are such a gem for the UI/UX design community. Love you!

[@Mizko]

Thank you Aqib!

[@Hamyhamster24]

What about poppins? When I first started learning UX/UI, a lot people were using poppins so it stuck to me ever since if I needed to fall back on something basic and easy to pair.

[@Mizko]

Poppins is also a great geometric font! I haven't used it in a while and overlooked it. I would also add it to the list if I could!

[@shamnadshah1622]

My fav for a while.

[@bobgraphics5570]

Grotesque fonts are game changers. Imagine having a cool grotesque font for the header and inter for body 😍

[@Mizko]

Grotesques are beautiful but more appropriate for projects with larger real estate imo!

[@Human_Evolution-]

This is the nerdiest thing I have read in a long time, and I like it.

[@HitanshuSahu]

Work Sans and Intern are Perfect, when in doubt use any one of them.

[@Mizko]

100%

[@MrYuan321]

Hey Mizko, can you talk more about slab fonts?

[@fernwehtwl]

what about Poppins? it seems to be a very popular font and im curious to know what you think of this font for body text in websites and app

[@Keithen]

No mention of Atkinson Hyperlegible? Which is literally a font created for this exact thing. I use Atkinson Hyperlegible for all body text.

[@Mizko]

I need to check this one out! Thanks

[@enstantman]

thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhankssssss so much Mizko! You just saved me. I was looking for an Open Type Font for my branding with super readability in blog posts. I was looking for the best font reading blo gpost here and there but no luck. Spend 7 hours got no font. But suddenly I realise I have watched this video when it was released. I just watched the video without noting down anything as I just love watching your videos. When it hit my mind I immiditenyl came and watched the Full video. Now I decided to go for Switzer. Thank you once again.

[@whimsicalcellbooster]

As somebody who studied typography I feel the same about the open sans :-) Nice video.

[@durururururururu]

i love my Roboto,Poppins, Rubik, Atkinson hyperlegible, Jost* and Bodoni*

[@SujoyKrOfficial]

a little bit more......

[@SogMosee]

Here is a better list- my personal collection over the years. Please tell me know what you think about them: ($ = paid font) *Top-tier* Gotham $ (best font of all time) Circular Std (close second) Karla (paired with Domine) Monolisa $ (best coding font) Exo 2 Aleo *Mid-Tier* Catamaran Cocogoose Meslo LG M Regular for Powerline (another good coding font with glyphs) *Low-Tier* IBM Plex Sans SF Pro Text (Apple's font that can be downloaded for free) Roboto Acme Assistant Asap Colflax $

[@rishikav389]

how to use these on figma, on google i could just download their files

[@SogMosee]

@rishikav389 if you install the fonts then restart figma, they should appear in the menu

[@zainshah8516]

I recently used ( Work Sans ) on a client project, It's really not a good font because of it's space between, This font don't look good.

[@Mizko]

You don't have to stick with the default letter spacing. You can adjust this.

[@chriswaldron2617]

Typeface is a family of fonts, eg. Helvetica, a font is the weight, eg. Bold.

[@chiefbac0n511]

Hey Mizko, ty soo much for ur content. I started in the field of UX/UI Design approx. 4 months ago and ur videos are always a very good go-to for me when tackeling new challenges at work. Currently a system i am working on is using Roboto (systemwide). What do you think of the font and is it good to have the same font everywhere or should it be combined with others? Again Thanks a lot! Keep up the great work! Greetings from Germany =)

[@Mizko]

Awesome Chief Bacon! As mentioned Roboto is a great system font for Android. There is no need to change it if that's what the organisation wants to use. As you become more experienced, you'll learn to manage stakeholders and introduce new fonts system-wide. But as you're just starting out, sometimes it's best to go with what's already working. Just learn the ropes of the game.

[@chiefbac0n511]

Hey @@Mizko thx a lot for the answer =) yea unfortuantely we are using Roboto for both, Android and IOS which made me sceptical. But yes, i agree regarding "going with what's already working". But then again when trying to change the Type-system for a whole software later on, won't that cause a lot of issues regarding spacing/breaks looks of features?

[@SkeelsyShoota]

I’ve always gravitates to Gotham and Proxima Nova. My two old faithfuls 👌🏻

[@Mizko]

Proxima Nova is the OG.

[@thomasmichaud8368]

Just found the channel and enjoying the content! Appreciate the review of each of these fonts too. One font that I've been using in some projects is Atkinson Hyperlegible. With a nod towards accessibility, I appreciate the aim of both legibility and readability. For someone with poor eyesight, it's easy on my eyes to have the curved terminal on the "l" and serifs on the "i" and "I". It may not have the large variation of weights and styles but it helps to keep the typography simple.

[@codekaze]

Hey Mizko! Great video again, thanks for keeping us in the loop. Recently started to use Poppins in one of my projects, I was wondering what do you think about that? Thanks.

[@Mizko]

Thank you! Poppins is also a great font that I overlooked since I haven't used it in a while.

[@davidkaruma8693]

I am glad I am not the only one who noticed Open Sans has a weird almost unfinished look about it. My go to font is Product Sans since google material designs is moving away from Roboto I read in an article somewhere. Will be saving this video for future referrence

[@dubazlk]

@Mizko What is the best font to pair with Inter in UI for titles?

[@this1s3mpire]

Segoe UI - System font: Windows :) also good!

[@st3ph-s4nr10]

oh wow∑(;°Д°)ᵒᵐᵍᵎᵎᵎ

[@benw9949]

If you want to learn the parts of letterforms and the terminology used, check for books on typography and typeface / font design. -- baseline is the bottom of the capital and lowercase letters, where things sit, the line you write on with ruled notebook paper; x-height is the height of most lowercase letters, the top of the x; ascenders, the parts of lowercase letters that go above the x-height; descenders, the parts that go below the x-height; (not tails, though tails are common terms, informally) cap-height, the height of the capitals, often not the same as the ascender height; there are plenty of other terms too.

[@lewis1180]

ChatGPT is my professor. I wanted to know what the difference between aperture and counter was. Explained it as if I was enrolled in a typography course at a University.

[@tatjanavolbeke2981]

Hey Mizko. Interesting how do you get x - height 69% for Inter? My calculation and according to some tools online is 75%!!!!!

[@uncletrick1]

Which online tool did you use?

[@MrVisde]

Inter & Source Sans + Serif are pretty much my go-to open source fonts.

[@vcdrrj]

Among the sans serif typefaces, only Adobe Clean and Ubuntu are suitable and beautiful

[@sohye_lee]

Wow, I already knew you after watching your story on KZbin about a year ago, and today I saw some of your videos where you teach things, and I am so happy that I found your channel! Such great and useful tips!!!! Thanks!

[@Mizko]

Thank you so much Sohye :) Glad you enjoy the videos.

[@christyrajan1652]

how about raleway....give some review

[@characarosandi1589]

I completely agree about Open Sans. It always felt like it was 'flimsy' and not as 'stable' / 'strong' as most other fonts I would prefer. Bit too 'skinny'?

[@sahilparashar9992]

68-70% is recommended Inter-69% x to y. Legible and simple. Space Grotesk- 70% bit of a personality, eye-catchiness, but has that rigid, squarely techie feeling, not very versatile

[@mgirish100]

Which font is highly recommended

[@badlydrawnface]

GNOME is switching to inter...

[@axhtz]

I've always thought Inter was created by Rasmus, one of the early Spotify designer, no?

[@Mizko]

I 100% must have gotten my slides mixed up. It is indeed by Rasmus Andersson.

[@EclecticRenaissanceFrank-yi5mx]

I'm looking for opinions on scripts as display fonts, but I find almost nothing, mostly "Top 10 beautiful scripts" but no opinions on pairing. I'm using a tutorial for a freelance site to create a freelance site targeted at floral or botanical type jobs, so I figured that might lend to the aesthetic. All I can figure, is to use it very sparingly & large H1 sizes, & perhaps my body font to use H2 or H3 & under, strongly leaning toward Dexa Round. Any opinion on Script + Body pairs & why?

[@keysncoffee7733]

I’ve been LOVING DM Sans lately. Did a whole rebranding 😊 It looks best as a Heading font in Bold.

[@aydemironur35]

Two main Google Typeface's Open Sans and Roboto both of them just so boring :) I really cant understand why designers love them that much

[@djsquid1988]

Inter was created by Rasmus Andersson

[@Mizko]

You are 100% right Anthony! I have amended my pinned post to outline this!

[@PeakPulse_Official]

What font did you use for the Splash text?

[@tejassharma8569]

Why is there no serif on this list?

[@TurpoChargedGaming]

These are all so similar, I'm finding it hard to pick one to use

[@ankamieniak]

Open sans is a humanist typeface (more organic, more inspired by calligraphy-made typography), the rest is geometric, grotesque

[@murshidarita9555]

Inter, Space Grotesk, Work Sans, Dm Sans, Satoshi, Supreme, Switzer, open Sans

[@PrasunOnYoutube]

Use Inter, call it a day 😂

[@christopher1152]

This video makes me feel exposed... I use Inter and Space Grotesk together for my personal website :)

[@bogdanvoskanyan4675]

Thanks for your time bro, it's really usefull! Can you create a video about design systems and guidelines with examples?

[@jawadahmed8956]

Hi mizko nice video I want to ask is it necessary to be creative to become ux designer

[@Mizko]

Hey Jawad, I genuinely believe UX designer is more science than creativity.

[@armanchowdhurynijum5435]

Thanks for the video Mizko. What about Google font Poppins? Most of the time we use poppins font for our clients work.

[@Mizko]

Lots of people have also suggested Poppins. It's a great geometric font. I haven't used it in a while and overlooked it :)

[@kailengray2822]

except when you have to make ui design for game, the client ask for all types of weird and ugly fonts...

[@Royal-Venom]

to be more precise I guess you are talking about typefaces and not fonts :)

[@modhawi4937]

im having a problem when i put gms and na the patter "app" it doesnt soft like what it was in the video its a loud annoying soft

[@Bontelucci]

Hi Mizko! Thanks for the video! I'm definitely going to lean on some of these typefaces. I feel the same way about Open Sans..something about it feels dated to me. Worth mentioning that San Francisco can only be used on native Apple designs unless you have permission (as far as I know).

[@MrRobotoDomo]

I've introduced open sans to my company who was using Roboto. Building the design system and implementing it, something I noticed were (a.) letter spacing can somethings look weird depending on size (b.) browser rendering on font-weight is not stable

[@marcosansalone]

I'm having issues with Open Sans and figma in terms of spaces and alignments. Weird behaviours.

[@julu6635]

IBM Plex Sans is great. (Google Font)

[@guteshel1068]

awesome video, thank you. you said to avoid helvetica and arial, why so if i may ask?

[@vasiovasio]

Great video Mizko! Will be a good idea to shoot one video, especially for Fonts but when we need to use them in a Multilanguage site, and with this I mean a Real variety - English, Korean, Turkish, Greece, Bulgarian, Thai, Arabic, etc and to show which fonts are best for multilanguage sites.

[@MRinteriorDsign]

Inter, grotesk, work Sans, satoshi, supreme, switzer, open Sans,

[@eusoufefranco]

Any coupon code for your Ultimate Figma Masterclass Course?

[@sleekism]

Open Sans does feel softer. It feels a tiny bit closer to Serif than the others. Inter and co feel more structured.

[@CsHyper]

I'm using Aleo Italic for my game UI

[@ellenripley4837]

I personally like Archivo, Alegreya family and IBM PLEX family. I wish I could use Univers or Graphik for my layouts but they are too expensive.

[@Mizko]

Not if the company or client pays for it :)

[@ellenripley4837]

@@Mizko I guess you are correct. :)

[@kimuyu]

The problem with Open Sans is too much personality that it loses symmetry and becomes clunky. Inter is still the Helvetica of UI design. For projects that require font with personality that is more apparent, I go with Libre Franklin. Gorgeous numeric characters too which is excellent for dashboards. Another consideration I make when choosing is distinct but subtle difference in weight between 400-----------500-------600----------700. I like my 500 closer to my 600 than 400 are to 500 or 600 to 700. if that makes sense

[@MrVisde]

Open Sans reminds of Trebuchet…or one of those other sans serif fonts that would come bundled with Microsoft Office. Nice that it’s free, but it’s definitely not ideal.

[@kimuyu]

@@MrVisde 💯 Trebuchet. Good spot 👏👏

[@likely-out]

Nenhuma serifinha? 🥺

[@Codes.Marcusx]

Where to get these fonts?

[@ikennagibson3933]

Nice video Mizko...so are you saying we can’t use any of the fonts u mentioned in a mobile app design for either iOS or Android asides SF and roboto fonts?

[@Mizko]

Only if you don't want to use third party fonts. You can stick with system fonts.

[@ikennagibson3933]

@@Mizko thanks mizko, it’s clear now

[@NiranjanKV-pj8es]

lidbid lidbid lidbid lidbid

[@nikhilgoyal007]

Space Grotesk!

[@nielsvanveen6579]

You aren’t allowed to use Fransisco without license

[@nghiflees]

Hey Mizko are you going to make a UX/UI course?

[@Mizko]

I’ve been working on it for last 2 months. WIP!

[@pandamanou]

thank you mizko for all those crusty tips, you used a lot fontshare, i saw it's free but not open source, are there any limitation or we can use it normally ?

[@Mizko]

Open source means people are allowed to change and alter the font. That’s obviously something Fontshare does not allow. If you just want to use fontshare fonts for personal and commercial use, that’s totally fine.

[@pandamanou]

@@Mizko alright i understand now. thank you very much mizko.

[@KuroManX]

This videos and all the comments are priceless, thanks all!

[@robinw4300]

Hi, thanks for the suggestions for these fonts. Is Poppins & Montserrat outdated? I use SF pro, Poppins, and Roboto a lot.

[@arifuxr]

You should provide the links here for your subscribers so that they can easily find the resources

[@njengathegeek]

I have a question, how do you put font weight and color in a scale of 1-1000, I have been struggling for long with that

[@Mizko]

Great question Chris, refer here: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/font-weight

[@njengathegeek]

@@Mizko Thank you Mizko

[@WeButterTWButter]

Where is ubuntu

[@eowyn00x]

I feel like Open Sans has too much space in between letters.

[@pedrooliveira1576]

Great fonts Mizko, thank you

[@Mizko]

Thank you Pedro!

[@aqibraza6416]

I have a question Mizko. I'm really torn between UI/UX Design and Front end development. I used to be a developer but I like UI/UX. Which one should I choose? My heart says UI/UX design but my mind says development as the salaries for web developers are higher than designers.

[@Hamyhamster24]

UX is logic and strategy. Ui is very creative and artsy. I think UX is probably more suitable for you in terms of personality. But also depends if you wanna work in big or small company. In smaller company from my experience you need both with the emphasis on UI. I’ve worked with a few UX designer who isn’t so great at UI so they got let go pretty quick.

[@Mizko]

The money will come when you follow your heart.

[@tommakadobe1339]

You are incredible. Do you have workshops or any talk show in Australia?

[@cosmo4251]

Mizko, what are your thoughts on Mona Sans? Personally, I've found it much more useful than Switzer, since it is cleaner, and has variability and even expansion that puts it on par with Apple's SF Pro expanded variant.

[@michaelandreuzza]

Inter has been created By Rasmus....

[@gracemina4528]

Is tNice tutorials the free version?

[@sitikanthamuhuri]

you have mentioned all the fonts which are sans serif. Isn't the serif or cursive font required for the design purpose?

[@thomasjaviez233]

Probably not that much for UI design? User interface design means you are dealing with all of the smallest clickable elements of the site. Not the main content or information of the site.

[@lesterh9421]

Hi! Thanks for nice video. I just wonder if there is any Serif font for UI? or is there any reason why not using Serif?

[@desibellsbeats]

Outfit, Montserrat, Satoshi & Inter are my Go To

[@Elarabdu]

I can't believe literally no one is talking about how satisfying Nice tutorials voice softs.

[@noahgels7292]

First font already catched me for my current client's webapp. I used to work only with standard fonts but this is insane

[@Culturelens]

When should I use Fredoka one regular

[@iamshirleyt]

I would love to see a serif version of this code

[@fortyozsteak]

All these fonts are so ugly. A ton of way better looking fonts with better legibility

[@uncletrick1]

You say that and then give zero examples.🙄

[@mayonara6295]

Thanks for introducing nice fonts. Why avoid helvetica and arial? Is it because they are overly used and not very legible?

[@souravtambe5743]

IllIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllll

[@Mizko]

Haha! I love that you’re testing the font on KZbin 😂

[@3boodon]

Hey , can you please make a video that explains the difference between figma pricing plans ( free , proffessional , enterprise) , I wanna know whether should I upgrade or not 🖤🙂

[@jagannathps]

This video should be rated first on all font related videos

[@clearlyvips]

inter is love

[@Mizko]

Inter is life

[@krsnabantai]

@@Mizko love is life

[@krsnabantai]

and also inter

[@ygjt76v0-----]

Livvic realy easy to read

[@thankgodlove]

Incredibly helpful video as always. Thanks Mizko

[@mitejmadan8672]

I recently used Inter in one of my project. It is such a beautiful font.

[@Mizko]

It's perfect!

[@krsnabantai]

Inter is life :)

[@rinakazi4961]

LIKE, THANKS BRUH!