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		designerarvid 84 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Public Sans – A strong, neutral typeface Inter is the default in Figma because the first designer at Figma was the guy who created it.

airstrike 84 days ago [–]

Huh, TIL. Thank you!

I guess I can try to argue that it if it weren't as generally useful as Helvetica it wouldn't have been made the default in Figma and it wouldn't be, well, so generally used.

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