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Nokia’s legendary font makes for a great user interface font

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317 points rguiscard | 6 comments | 30 Aug 25 12:31 UTC | HN request time: 1.083s | source | bottom
1. magnio ◴[30 Aug 25 14:27 UTC] No.45074963[source]▶
I see some similarity to Fira Sans, which IMO is the most underrated sans serif. It is legible yet quirky, but just enough so as to not be annoying or pretentious.
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2. chrismorgan ◴[30 Aug 25 14:53 UTC] No.45075168[source]▶
Erik Spiekermann was the designer for both fonts (well, the first-named of two designers for Fira Sans, but he seemed to be leading it). Not surprising if his personal style shows through.
3. rozab ◴[30 Aug 25 14:56 UTC] No.45075200[source]▶
Spiekermann designed the Fira fonts for FirefoxOS, which in a way was a successor of Symbian. Fira Mono is still my favourite coding font
4. piskov ◴[30 Aug 25 16:33 UTC] No.45075934[source]▶
Fira is based on FF Meta, both of which have Spiekermann as a designer.

He’s a legend

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5. behnamoh ◴[30 Aug 25 17:06 UTC] No.45076218[source]▶
Fira is great, but I've switched to JetBrains Mono and it's smoother on the eyes.
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6. piskov ◴[30 Aug 25 19:04 UTC] No.45077153{3}[source]▶
That’s not about fira mono/code, but proportional (not monospace) font for ui