Built to the exact widths of Helvetica, so a document could swap one for the other without reflowing. Shipped with Windows, and so on nearly every screen of the 1990s.
Download Inter, free ↗Google FontsArial itself is licensed. Inter is the closest free face, free for personal and commercial work under the Open Font License.
01Set it yourself
Set in InterLoading the face
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02Put it to work
Your words from the specimen, set in Inter in the formats a project actually needs, in the colours you picked above.
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We design identities, websites and campaigns for people who care how things feel. This is the paragraph your headline sits on, set in Inter.
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Tip. Headline in Inter, standing in for Arial, body copy in Inter. Copy the CSS from the specimen above and the headline is ready to paste into your site.
03Every character
AU+0041 · Inter 700
72pxArial
48pxArial
32pxArial
20pxThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, 1234567890.
14pxThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, 1234567890.
04The free stand-in: Inter
Why Inter. Stands in for the default-system look without Arial's licensing. Arial itself is a licensed typeface, so everything on this page is set in Inter, which is free to use on the web and in print.
Inter, on its own. A neutral UI grotesque drawn for screens: tall x-height, closed apertures, no opinions.
If Arial is installed on your computer, an A/B key appears in the specimen above so you can compare the two.