How to Choose a Font for UI or App Design? Typefaces for Functional Text

What should you pay attention to when choosing a font for your user interface or app? This video covers exactly that. I also pick on Helvetica (sorry, Hell-vetica) so you won’t pick it as a typeface for your functional text. TL;DW: For your UI or app pick a typeface with clean distinctive characters (Il1 test), open shapes, little contrast, and set it legible, so it works in tiny sizes. 💌 Pimp my Type Newsletter with weekly font recommendations: https://pimpmytype.com/newsletter ☑️ Submit your web design or app design for typographic review: https://pimpmytype.com/review 📰 Corresponding article with images: https://bit.ly/2XsFNXO The term functional text summarizes everything that’s not display or body text. It’s short text that serves a specific purpose and might be mostly applied in a user interface or app design. You might find it in labels, navigational elements, captions, and so on. When choosing a typeface for it: 👉 Make the Il1 test to see if the characters are really legible, 👉 Go for open shapes (open apertures), 👉 Be sure that the typeface works in sizes as small as 10 or 11 px, and 👉 Look for a font with an even stroke and liittle contrast. Credits: Intro music by Florian Kmet: http://kmet.klingt.org 0:00​ Intro 0:26 What is functional text? 1:30​ 1. Go for clarity 2:27​ 2. Look for open shapes 3:37​ 3. Make it legible 4:27​ Summary 5:02 Outro