Is the font of iPhone / Mac changed from "iOS 9" "OS X 10.11" to the same type as Apple Watch



Apple Watch's system font uses Apple's proprietary font "San Francisco". Although this font is also printed in the alphabetical notation of the new MacBook keyboard, the system font of "iOS 9" and "OS X 10.11" which will become the next major update of iOS and OS X also adopts "San Francisco" It is planned, 9 to 5 Mac reports.

Apple plans to refresh iOS 9, OS X 10.11 using new Apple Watch font | 9to5Mac
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"Helvetica Neue" is adopted as the system font of iOS 8.3 and OS X 10.10.3 which becomes the latest version at the time of article writing, but Apple's development kit of Apple announced on September 9, 2014 by AppleWatchKitIncludes Apple's proprietary font "San Francisco", which has already been adopted as a system font for Apple Watch.


Apple has publishedApple Watch Human InterfaceAccording to the page, San Francisco is described as "improving readability on the display of Apple Watch" and has been developed as an easy-to-read font regardless of text size. The San Francisco font looks like the following.


According to a person familiar with Apple, "San Francisco" is scheduled to be adopted as "iPhone / Mac system font" from "iOS 9" "OS X 10.11". However, since fresh renewal affects all preinstalled apps, it is not an easy change for Apple. It is said that it is not beautiful on non-Retina display, and it is not a decision item.

Apple is expected to decide to change fonts or continue existing fonts within 2015 and will be available for developers' events "June 8, 2015 (local time)WWDC"There may be some announcement at.

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