How to pick a typeface for user interface and app design?

TL;DR: Make the Il1 coe test to check whether a typeface is suitable for functional text. Il1 should be easy to distinguish and the apertures of c and e should be open.

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The Il1 coe check

Oliver Schöndorfer makes some points in his article How to pick a Typeface for User Interface and App Design?:

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