IMO the best workhorse sans font out there right now. OFL or otherwise. I've seen people dismiss every such font as a mere helvetica clone but they all miss out on the steady incremental improvements that each of such "clones" offer.
Inter is carefully crafted. It is uncommon to find OFL fonts that are hand tuned to such a degree (kerning and hinting). It is a beautiful and subtly unique take on a time tested design.
I haven't used this font but looking at it closely, I can't find anything that I don't like. If that extends to its kerning etc, then I wholly approve. Much like Helvetica, it's not about what it has but what it doesn't have that makes it good. I would compare it to a comfort food, which may not seem so special on-paper, but that you never tire of and am always up to have.
I see that appeal of it for sure. To my eye though, there seems to be many fonts in the same category, which doesn't make this any special really. But I suppose you might be seeing something in it that makes it perfectly comfortable for you.
I don't really like using "comfortable" fonts much. I find most fonts try too hard to be pixel perfect, removing "imperfections" that can otherwise humanize a font.
I still don't like the tight spacing (space between the glyphs). Adding a `letter-spacing: 0.1px` to the Regular makes words look less cramped at body copy size.
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I don't really like using "comfortable" fonts much. I find most fonts try too hard to be pixel perfect, removing "imperfections" that can otherwise humanize a font.