Meet Rasmus Andersson — Inter, Playbit

Published by Rob Hope in Interviews, on 3 Jul 2024

Meet Rasmus Andersson – a seasoned designer and software developer integral to startups like Spotify, Facebook, Dropbox, and Figma. Rasmus also dedicated thousands of hours to creating Inter, one of the world’s most loved typefaces, used by NASA, GitHub, Pixar, and more.

Did you know Inter is also the most popular typeface on One Page Love and just over took Open Sans. Browse One Pagers using Inter here.

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In this episode, we dive into his next chapter, a fun and ambitious operating system called Playbit. We also discuss quality AI use-cases, what makes a great programmer, how to get started with your first typeface, and what are the signs of upcoming burnout if your are working in a startup.

YouTube-linked topics:

• Loading VHS (00:00)
• A delivery for the King (01:19)
• Intermission: No Context (03:36)
• Programming advice (05:58)
• Sponsor: Webflow (13:26)
• Playbit discussion starts (14:41)
• Q: Jorn van Dijk (Framer) (15:09)
• Productive product building (15:43)
• Venture-backed positive stress (22:42)
• Q: Yann-Edern Gillet (Linear) (25:30)
• Operating Systems vs Apps (25:49)
• Q: Ridd (Dive) (30:51)
• Our Future with AI (32:02)
• Intermission: Overrated Underrated (43:28)
• Online Privacy (46:00)
• Promo: Show Them (49:15)
• What’s left for Inter (49:32)
• Q: Vijay Verma (53:08)
• Crafting typefaces (53:54)
• Q: Soleio (58:39)
• Inter in the wild (58:51)
• Q: Roy Quilor (01:00:24)
• Letter spacing advice (01:00:43)
• Inter serif pairing (01:01:32)
• Q: Pedro (Raycast) (01:04:18)
• Startup health advice (01:05:06)
• Making coffee for ABBA (01:15:49)
• Outro (01:16:54)
• Ejecting VHS (01:19:30)