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@smnandre smnandre commented Sep 16, 2023

TL;DR;

I suggest we use "system-ui" (native/OS font) instead of "Inter" on the website.


What ?

  • System font are the default font used in every OS
  • They can be used instead of webfont .. and are excellent fonts.
  • This article is a great overview on system fonts: https://woorkup.com/system-font/
  • Already used by Github, bootstrap, web.dev, apple, Stripe, and many more

Why ?

  • better web performance (good for seo, greater for accessibility & UX)
  • less bandwidth used (good for 💰, greater for 🌍)
  • the system fonts will allow us more things than Inter
  • Allow the user to get the standard font used in the OS

How does it look ?

The difference is subtile... at least.
And i'm pretty sure only a very, very low part of the visitors will notice the difference.

Test it

I made some captures for you to see the "before/after" on our main pages..
They are available on a page if you want to test yourself the slider and see the differences
-> https://smnand.re/w/ab4e91/

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I'm convinced! Excellent, detailed arguments. Thanks Simon!

@weaverryan weaverryan merged commit 1252e05 into symfony:2.x Sep 18, 2023
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