Tailwind Inter Plugin
A TailwindCSS plugin that seamlessly integrates the beautiful Inter typeface by Rasmus Andersson (@rsms) into your projects. This plugin provides a complete solution for using Inter font with proper metrics and advanced OpenType features.
Features
- 🎯 Adds
.font-inter utility class for easy font family application
- ⚙️ Configurable OpenType feature settings (ligatures, numerics, case features, etc.)
- 🔄 Automatic
@font-face injection from Inter's CDN
- 🎨 Works seamlessly with Tailwind's fontSize configuration
- 🚀 Zero configuration required to get started
Installation
# with npm
npm install --save-dev tailwindcss-font-inter
# or with yarn
yarn add -D tailwindcss-font-inter
Quick Start
Add the plugin to your tailwind.config.js:
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {},
plugins: [require('tailwindcss-font-inter')]
}
Now you can put .font-inter class to apply the font (by default @font-face definitions will be added to your CSS).
<body class="font-inter font-feature-default antialiased">
<h1 class="text-4xl font-bold">Beautiful Typography</h1>
<p class="text-base">Your content with the full power of the Inter font features.</p>
</body>
Configuration
Plugin Options
Customize the plugin behavior with these options:
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
plugins: [
require('tailwindcss-font-inter')({
importFontFace: true, // Set to false if you want to import Inter from elsewhere
})
]
}
Font Features
Define custom sets of OpenType features:
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
interFontFeatures: {
numeric: ['tnum', 'salt', 'ss02'], // Tabular numbers with stylistic alternates
case: ['case'], // Case-sensitive forms
fractions: ['frac'], // Enable fractions
'stylistic-one': ['ss01'] // Stylistic Set 1
}
}
},
plugins: [require('tailwindcss-font-inter')]
}
This generates utility classes like:
/* Default features */
.font-feature-default { font-feature-settings: 'calt' 1, 'kern' 1; }
.font-feature-normal { font-feature-settings: normal; }
/* Custom features */
.font-feature-numeric { font-feature-settings: 'tnum' 1, 'salt' 1, 'ss02' 1; }
.font-feature-case { font-feature-settings: 'case' 1; }
.font-feature-fractions { font-feature-settings: 'frac' 1; }
.font-feature-stylistic-one { font-feature-settings: 'ss01' 1; }
Manual Font Import
If you set importFontFace: false, you'll need to import Inter yourself. You can use Google Fonts:
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
Or import directly from Inter's CDN:
@import url('https://rsms.me/inter/inter.css');
Browser Support
Inter works in all modern browsers. The font-feature-settings are supported in:
- Chrome 48+
- Firefox 34+
- Safari 9.1+
- Edge 15+
Credits
This plugin is inspired by tailwind-plugin-inter-font by Imam Susanto (@imsus).
License
MIT
