7 fonts to get familiar with in 2019

Typefaces one should consider when starting a UI project

Have you ever opened an application on your cell phone and felt strange about its design, because it looked like it hadn’t been created for the device in your hand? Like an Android-styled app on an iPhone. Weird, inconvenient and unprofessional.

There is a reason why design systems have become so popular. They are not best friends with creativity, but help designers create consistent layouts, style and atmosphere. Users feel safer when they meet the same visual and functional solutions for common problems.

Trust is the №1 value we can build with our users.

Great user experience comes when we think about the whys of our choices. Aesthetics shouldn’t be the only aspect of our decisions and this is particularly so when picking the right font for a UI. It’s time we put this general UX analysis aside for a bit, and focus on fonts. We tend to spend too much time browsing different typefaces, so I’ve decided to enlist some of the best.

What the font?

I took a look at what fonts popular apps use on different operating systems (iOS, Android, macOS, Windows), and I’ve realised there are many recurring choices. In addition, I am…