What is @fontsource/inter?
@fontsource/inter is an npm package that allows you to self-host the Inter font family. It provides a convenient way to include the Inter font in your web projects without relying on external services like Google Fonts.
What are @fontsource/inter's main functionalities?
Basic Usage
This code imports the default weight and style of the Inter font into your project.
import '@fontsource/inter';
Specific Weight and Style
This code imports specific weights (400 and 700) of the Inter font, allowing you to use different font weights in your project.
import '@fontsource/inter/400.css';
import '@fontsource/inter/700.css';
Variable Font
This code imports the variable font version of Inter, which allows for more flexible and responsive typography.
import '@fontsource/inter/variable.css';
Subset Support
This code imports specific subsets of the Inter font, such as Latin and Cyrillic, which can help reduce the font file size if you only need certain character sets.
import '@fontsource/inter/latin.css';
import '@fontsource/inter/cyrillic.css';
Other packages similar to @fontsource/inter
typeface-inter
The typeface-inter package also allows you to self-host the Inter font. However, @fontsource/inter is generally more up-to-date and offers more features like variable fonts and subset support.
fontsource-roboto
fontsource-roboto is another package from the Fontsource project, similar to @fontsource/inter, but it provides the Roboto font family instead. It offers similar features like importing specific weights, styles, and subsets.
webfontloader
webfontloader is a more general package that allows you to load fonts from various sources, including Google Fonts, Typekit, and custom URLs. While it offers more flexibility, it requires more configuration compared to @fontsource/inter.
Fontsource Inter
The CSS and web font files to easily self-host the “Inter” font. Please visit the main Fontsource website to view more details on this package.
Quick Installation
Fontsource has a variety of methods to import CSS, such as using a bundler like Webpack. Alternatively, it supports SASS. Full documentation can be found here.
yarn add @fontsource/inter
Within your app entry file or site component, import it in.
import "@fontsource/inter";
Supported variables:
- Weights:
[100,200,300,400,500,600,700,800,900]
- Styles:
[normal]
- Supported subsets:
[cyrillic,cyrillic-ext,greek,greek-ext,latin,latin-ext,vietnamese]
Finally, you can reference the font name in a CSS stylesheet, CSS Module, or CSS-in-JS.
body {
font-family: "Inter";
}
Variable Fonts
This particular typeface supports variable fonts.
Variable documentation can be found here.
Licensing
It is important to always read the license for every font that you use.
Most of the fonts in the collection use the SIL Open Font License, v1.1. Some fonts use the Apache 2 license. The Ubuntu fonts use the Ubuntu Font License v1.0.
Google Fonts License Attributions
Other Notes
Font version (provided by source): v11
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Feel free to star and contribute new ideas to this repository that aim to improve the performance of font loading, as well as expanding the existing library we already have. Any suggestions or ideas can be voiced via an issue.