Tag: SF Compact

Why Apple Watch Uses SF Compact: The Typography Behind Small-Scale Legibility

23/12
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SF Compact is Apple's custom font designed to make text readable on the tiny screen of the Apple Watch. Learn how its unique spacing, stroke weight, and width variations solve legibility challenges in wearable design.

Typography in watchOS: How Compact Scales and Tap-Target Alignment Shape Usability

20/12
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Typography on the Apple Watch isn't about aesthetics-it's about survival. Learn how SF Compact, precise tracking, and 44-pixel tap targets create interfaces that users actually read and use.