@fontsource/inter

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.

README

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 offers multiple methods to import the CSS, including using a bundler like Vite or using SASS. You can find full documentation here.

npm install @fontsource/inter

Within your app entry file or site component, import it in.

import "@fontsource/inter"; // Defaults to weight 400
import "@fontsource/inter/400.css"; // Specify weight
import "@fontsource/inter/400-italic.css"; // Specify weight and style

Supported variables:

• Weights: [100,200,300,400,500,600,700,800,900]
• Styles: [normal]
• Subsets: [cyrillic,cyrillic-ext,greek,greek-ext,latin,latin-ext,vietnamese]

Note: italic may not be supported by all fonts. To learn more about what weights and styles are supported, please visit the Fontsource website.

Finally, you can reference the font name in a CSS stylesheet, CSS Module, or CSS-in-JS.

body {
  font-family: "Inter";
}

Licensing

Always make sure to read the license for each font 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.

Copyright 2020 The Inter Project Authors (https://github.com/rsms/inter) OFL-1.1

Other Notes

Font version (provided by source): v13.

If you have any suggestions or ideas to improve the performance of font loading or expand the existing library, feel free to star and contribute to this repository. You can share your suggestions or ideas by creating an issue.