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by schrototo 2231 days ago
The font change seems like a wash to me. Notice how the decimal points and thousands separators for the balance column don't line up in either of the screenshots? A change that would actually improve readability would be to use tabular numbers, supported by both San Francisco and Inter.
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divbzero 2231 days ago
+1 on tabular figures [1] but it appears to me that OP is already using them? It’s hard to tell for sure but the 1 and 2 in 1,000.00 and 2,000.00 seem to be aligned. The misalignment in decimals and thousands separators could instead by caused by normal vs. bold font weight.

[1]: https://practicaltypography.com/alternate-figures.html#tabul...

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divbzero 2231 days ago
Agreed that the font change seems like a wash. At first I thought OP was trolling the reader with two identical screenshots :)

I suppose the real benefit is having a font available across all platforms. Inter appears to be a high quality typeface, and I appreciate its author for releasing it under an open license. [1] [2]

[1]: https://rsms.me/inter/#free

[2]: https://github.com/rsms/inter

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