Figtree vs Inter
Two sans-serif faces, set live below in their own letters — then the honest take on which to pick and when.
At a glance
- Personality
- Friendly, geometric-humanist
- Neutral, engineered
- Best for
- Brand, landing pages
- Dense UI and body
- Feel
- Warm, approachable
- Invisible, clinical
- Designer
- Erik Kennedy, 2022
- Rasmus Andersson, 2017
FigtreeInter
The honest take
Two clean, screen-friendly sans faces that both suit modern product design. Inter (Rasmus Andersson, 2017) is the neutral UI standard — tall x-height, open apertures, tuned for legibility from tiny labels to headlines, and deliberately free of personality. Figtree (Erik Kennedy, 2022) is a newer geometric-humanist sans with a friendly, slightly rounded feel and a bit more warmth in its curves, made to look approachable in interfaces and marketing type alike. Choose Inter for the densest, most neutral UI and body text where invisibility is the goal. Choose Figtree when you want a warmer, friendlier take on the same clean modern sans category, especially for brand and landing-page work. Both offer 400–700; Inter is the more clinical and universal, Figtree the more personable and contemporary.
The x-ray
Same size, same baseline — Figtree over Inter. Where they agree the strokes merge; where they argue, fringes.
“Hamburgefonstiv” is the type designer's test word — it carries most of the shapes that give a face away.