The most popular font used for UI design

UI stands for User Interface which is the overall style and components that exist on a web page, or applications such as layouts , icons , fonts , colors , images and so forth.

One important part of the UI is the letters or Fonts , the use / selection of fonts also affect the results of the UI design later. Most beginners (in learning the User Interface) are still confused in determining the appropriate font for their content in the design, sometimes there are still many wrong in choosing fonts.

For this reason, on this occasion, we will share some of the most popular and most frequently used fonts in UI design as a reference for those of you who are still confused in choosing fonts.



The most popular font for UI Design

The fonts to be shared are mostly free and used in website designs and mobile applications. Most of the following fonts are also available on google fonts, which means they are easier to use.


Nunito Sans



In terms of the shape of this font is quite modern, especially if the spaced letters will make this font look cleaner.


Playfair Display



Often used as a title or headline because it feels striking and steals the attention, not only that this font also gives a classic and elegant impression to the design that you make.


Montserrat



This font type is a bit heavy but packaged with casual typography, this font is often found in e-commerce and fashion application designs. Although it's not as clean as Nutino Sans, a little ornament in each letter makes your UI look more attractive.


Poppins



This font is also quite widely used in web design and mobile apps, this font is usually combined with Roboto, Open Sans and PT Serif.


Roboto


This font is the official font used by Google on the mobile operating system, Android. Because it is very familiar, this font has become very popular to be used by designers to replace Arial and Open Sans.


Open Sans


Almost similar to Roboto, only slightly different in certain letters, this font is usually used more for web design while for mobile apps, especially for the Android operating system, most UI designers prefer to use Roboto.


Lato


This font was created by a graphic designer from Poland Łukasz Dziedzic and Lato itself means "Summer" or summer in Polish. Originally it was designed for corporate use but now this font has been switched to free use in general.

The neutral impression is perfect as a paragraph boy font, the best combination for this font is DM Serif, Merriweather and Lustria.
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