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The Role of Typography in UI Design and How to Get Better at It

More than 90% of information on the web is presented in the form of text. “Text” is a medium of communication in the context of web design that attracts the users, holds their attention, conveys a certain emotion, and helps users understand the kind of information provided. Here’s where typography comes into play. It is used to justify the power of the textual content, trigger curiosity, compel the users to continue reading, and ensure a great user experience (UX). 

However, typography involves a lot more than choosing an aesthetic font for your web or mobile UI. The color and contrasts, font scales, white space, alignment, text hierarchy, consistency, and other elements in your typography can enhance usability, clarity, readability, and accessibility within a UI design. A designer’s ability to choose the right typography makes all the difference between a good, bad, and excellent design.

In this blog post, we will explore everything you need to know about typography, its importance in UI design, and how to choose the correct typeface for your web project.

What is Typography?

Most of us are aware of the terminology, but let’s start with the basics.

Typography is the art of arranging textual elements such as typefaces (a set of design features for letters and other characters like spacing, relative size, etc.) in the right combination that aims to convey certain messages to viewers and bring out desired emotions.

Why is Typography so important in UI Design?

When users visit a website or mobile app, they often scan through the pages instead of reading the content line by line to see if it has the information they are looking for. A well-organized and scanable typography can, therefore, serve as a visual communication tool to convey interface text in a clear hierarchy and help impress, engage, and convince users and potential customers, as a result. Let’s see why a good typography is critical for visual design.

1. Communicate clearly

Good typography makes the journey easier for the users, whether they are reading intently or scanning through the content casually. It helps users to skim through the available information and thoroughly read the sections they are more interested in, thereby improving navigability. It also helps the users to get a good hold of the information faster without having to pay more attention.

2. Attract user attention

Today users are spoilt for choice when it comes to the vast number of websites and content on the internet. But it is more likely that they will get more attracted to sources that offer a better visually pleasing experience. The right typography can enable you to set the exact mood of the content for the users by offering a sense of familiarity, desirability, and emotional connection as well as capture attention through the size, weight, color, and spacing of the text.

3. Build Brand Recognition

Brands choose specific fonts and use them across all their communication collaterals to build recognition, a sense of harmony, and consistency throughout the visual design. It helps in offering the users the same brand experience through all channels, be it on-screen or off-screen.

For example, Coca-Cola’s font is instantly recognizable with its Spencerian Script font which gives a consistent experience for users and prospects.

4. Influence Decisions

Typography also plays a crucial role in compelling users to take a desired action (register, sign up for a newsletter, download, share, or buy a product, etc.) on websites and mobile apps. For instance, a limited-time offer or deal when highlighted can convey urgency and persuade the user to take action.

How to Choose the Right Typography for Your UI Project?

When you have a clear understanding of the different essential elements and principles of typography, you can learn how to use it effectively in context through practice. Making the right choice depends on many factors besides the aesthetics, such as:

  • The brand or product personality: Consider what defines the core characteristics of the brand and select typefaces that reflect them.
  • The tone of the brand message: Make sure to choose the typography that is appropriate for the information conveyed by the brand.
  • Functionality: Make sure that the font is legible, readable, and accessible. This is more important than looking stylistically beautiful.
  • Performance: Choose typefaces that are web browser-friendly such as Google fonts. Avoid excess weight!
  • Inspiration: Take some cues from successful examples when you are not sure where to start. Let’s take the example of Airbnb and see some of the elements that make its typography so good and apt.
  • Visual hierarchy and contrast: When users start their journey on your website or app, they are in the discovery stage where they browse through the website content. In this stage, not every information you provide on your UI seems to be important to them. So, the right visual hierarchy can help these users move on to the next stage of the journey.

In the example of Airbnb, we can see that the brand has used only 3 font sizes predominantly. This makes the text clean and consistent. Also, all the important pieces of text that can potentially influence decision-making, are in Semibold and the less important content or the descriptive body is in Regular font. Note that the price at the bottom is given extra visual weight.

  • Leading and Spacing: The characters do not bump into each other and the ample leading space used in the body text makes it very easy to read. The page header, in contrast, has a reduced leading and keeps the text visually together. Use smaller leading for larger font sizes and higher for small font sizes.
  • Legibility: The entire Airbnb page uses the #222222 hex code for black except for the really low-priority text. This makes the text extremely legible.

Conclusion

Visual designers often overlook typography while focusing on graphic design, icons, illustrations, color palettes, and other elements. Good typography can do a lot for your user interface and this is why UI designers treat typography as design and use it for visual impact.

There are a lot many factors to consider when choosing the right typography other than what we have covered in this post. But, focusing on the ones mentioned above can also help improve your design game in one way or another.

Don’t forget to test, test, and test to get useful feedback from real users and take notes from some of your favorite websites and apps to get a clearer insight into what is working, and what you can do further.

About the author 

Shantanu Laha is a Senior UI/UX designer at Mantra Labs. He loves photography and traveling. In his free time, he enjoys cooking and trying out new dishes.

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Smart Manufacturing Dashboards: A Real-Time Guide for Data-Driven Ops

Smart Manufacturing starts with real-time visibility.

Manufacturing companies today generate data by the second through sensors, machines, ERP systems, and MES platforms. But without real-time insights, even the most advanced production lines are essentially flying blind.

Manufacturers are implementing real-time dashboards that serve as control towers for their daily operations, enabling them to shift from reactive to proactive decision-making. These tools are essential to the evolution of Smart Manufacturing, where connected systems, automation, and intelligent analytics come together to drive measurable impact.

Data is available, but what’s missing is timely action.

For many plant leaders and COOs, one challenge persists: operational data is dispersed throughout systems, delayed, or hidden in spreadsheets. And this delay turns into a liability.

Real-time dashboards help uncover critical answers:

  • What caused downtime during last night’s shift?
  • Was there a delay in maintenance response?
  • Did a specific inventory threshold trigger a quality issue?

By converting raw inputs into real-time manufacturing analytics, dashboards make operational intelligence accessible to operators, supervisors, and leadership alike, enabling teams to anticipate problems rather than react to them.

1. Why Static Reports Fall Short

  • Reports often arrive late—after downtime, delays, or defects have occurred.
  • Disconnected data across ERP, MES, and sensors limits cross-functional insights.
  • Static formats lack embedded logic for proactive decision support.

2. What Real-Time Dashboards Enable

Line performance and downtime trends
Track OEE in real time and identify underperforming lines.

Predictive maintenance alerts
Utilize historical and sensor data to identify potential part failures in advance.

Inventory heat maps & reorder thresholds
Anticipate stockouts or overstocks based on dynamic reorder points.

Quality metrics linked to operator actions
Isolate shifts or procedures correlated with spikes in defects or rework.

These insights allow production teams to drive day-to-day operations in line with Smart Manufacturing principles.

3. Dashboards That Drive Action

Role-based dashboards
Dashboards can be configured for machine operators, shift supervisors, and plant managers, each with a tailored view of KPIs.

Embedded alerts and nudges
Real-time prompts, like “Line 4 below efficiency threshold for 15+ minutes,” reduce response times and minimize disruptions.

Cross-functional drill-downs
Teams can identify root causes more quickly because users can move from plant-wide overviews to detailed machine-level data in seconds.

4. What Powers These Dashboards

Data lakehouse integration
Unified access to ERP, MES, IoT sensor, and QA systems—ensuring reliable and timely manufacturing analytics.

ETL pipelines
Real-time data ingestion from high-frequency sources with minimal latency.

Visualization tools
Custom builds using Power BI, or customized solutions designed for frontline usability and operational impact.

Smart Manufacturing in Action: Reducing Market Response Time from 48 Hours to 30 Minutes

Mantra Labs partnered with a North American die-casting manufacturer to unify its operational data into a real-time dashboard. Fragmented data, manual reporting, delayed pricing decisions, and inconsistent data quality hindered operational efficiency and strategic decision-making.

Tech Enablement:

  • Centralized Data Hub with real-time access to critical business insights.
  • Automated report generation with data ingestion and processing.
  • Accurate price modeling with real-time visibility into metal price trends, cost impacts, and customer-specific pricing scenarios. 
  • Proactive market analysis with intuitive Power BI dashboards and reports.

Business Outcomes:

  • Faster response to machine alerts
  • Quality incidents traced to specific operator workflows
  • 4X faster access to insights led to improved inventory optimization.

As this case shows, real-time dashboards are not just operational tools—they’re strategic enablers. 

(Learn More: Powering the Future of Metal Manufacturing with Data Engineering)

Key Takeaways: Smart Manufacturing Dashboards at a Glance

AspectWhat You Should Know
1. Why Static Reports Fall ShortDelayed insights after issues occur
Disconnected systems (ERP, MES, sensors)
No real-time alerts or embedded decision logic
2. What Real-Time Dashboards EnableTrack OEE and downtime in real-time
Predictive maintenance using sensor data
Dynamic inventory heat maps
Quality linked to operators
3. Dashboards That Drive ActionRole-based views (operator to CEO)
Embedded alerts like “Line 4 down for 15+ mins”
Drilldowns from plant-level to machine-level
4. What Powers These DashboardsUnified Data Lakehouse (ERP + IoT + MES)
Real-time ETL pipelines
Power BI or custom dashboards built for frontline usability

Conclusion

Smart Manufacturing dashboards aren’t just analytics tools—they’re productivity engines. Dashboards that deliver real-time insight empower frontline teams to make faster, better decisions—whether it’s adjusting production schedules, triggering preventive maintenance, or responding to inventory fluctuations.

Explore how Mantra Labs can help you unlock operations intelligence that’s actually usable.

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