This list of samples of sans-serif typefaces details standard sans-serif fonts used in printing, classical typesetting and printing.
List
Samples of Sans-serif typefaces
Typeface name |
Example 1 |
Example 2 |
Example 3 |
Akzidenz-Grotesk
Designer: Günter Gerhard Lange
Class: Realist |
195px |
200px |
![AkzidenzGroteskspecAIB1.svg](/w/images/thumb/e/e1/AkzidenzGroteskspecAIB1.svg/200px-AkzidenzGroteskspecAIB1.svg.png) |
Arial
Designer: Robin Nicholas & Patrica Saunders
Class: Realist |
![Arial font.svg](/w/images/thumb/3/3a/Arial_font.svg/195px-Arial_font.svg.png) |
200px |
![ArialMTsp.svg](/w/images/thumb/b/b1/ArialMTsp.svg/200px-ArialMTsp.svg.png) |
ITC Avant Garde Gothic
Designer: Herb Lubalin, Tom Carnase
Class: Geometric |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Avenir
Designer: Adrian Frutiger
Class: Geometric |
195px |
200px |
![AvenirSP.png](/w/images/thumb/0/07/AvenirSP.png/200px-AvenirSP.png) |
Bank Gothic
Designer: Morris Fuller Benton
Class: Geometric |
195px |
200px |
![BankGothicsp.svg](/w/images/thumb/e/e3/BankGothicsp.svg/200px-BankGothicsp.svg.png) |
Bell Centennial
Designer: Matthew Carter
Class: Transitional |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Bell Gothic
Designer: Chauncey H. Griffith
Class: Realist |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Benguiat Gothic
Designer: Ed Benguiat
Class: Humanist |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Calibri
Designer: Lucas de Groot
Class: Humanist |
![Calibri font.svg](/w/images/thumb/c/cd/Calibri_font.svg/195px-Calibri_font.svg.png) |
![Calibri sample.svg](/w/images/thumb/3/3b/Calibri_sample.svg/200px-Calibri_sample.svg.png) |
200px |
Candara
Designer: Gary Munch
Class: Humanist |
![Candara font.svg](/w/images/thumb/c/c7/Candara_font.svg/195px-Candara_font.svg.png) |
200px |
200px |
Cantarell
Designer: David Crossland
Class: Humanist |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Century Gothic
Designer: Morris Fuller Benton
Class: Geometric |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Charcoal (Mac OS 9 system font)
Designer: David Berlow |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Chicago (pre-Mac OS 9 system font, still included with Mac OS X)
Designer: Susan Kare |
195px |
200px |
![Chicago typeface spec.svg](/w/images/thumb/7/7b/Chicago_typeface_spec.svg/200px-Chicago_typeface_spec.svg.png) |
Adobe Clean Adobe's now standard GUI and icon font |
195px |
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200px |
Corbel
Designer: Jeremy Tankard |
195px |
200px |
200px |
FF Dax
Designer: Hans Reichel |
195px |
200px |
200px |
DejaVu Sans |
![DejaVu Sans font.svg](/w/images/thumb/7/75/DejaVu_Sans_font.svg/195px-DejaVu_Sans_font.svg.png) |
![DejaVu Sans sample.svg](/w/images/thumb/f/f2/DejaVu_Sans_sample.svg/200px-DejaVu_Sans_sample.svg.png) |
200px |
DIN 1451
Designer: Deutsches Institut für Normung
Class: Realist |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Droid Sans
Designer: Steve Matteson |
195px |
![Font-Sample-Droid-Sans plainsvg 2.svg](/w/images/thumb/a/a3/Font-Sample-Droid-Sans_plainsvg_2.svg/200px-Font-Sample-Droid-Sans_plainsvg_2.svg.png) |
200px |
Eras
Designer: Albert Boton, Albert Hollenstein
Class: Humanist |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Eurostile
Designer: Aldo Novarese, Akira Kobayashi |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Franklin Gothic
Designer: Morris Fuller Benton |
195px |
![FranklinGothic.svg](/w/images/thumb/2/20/FranklinGothic.svg/200px-FranklinGothic.svg.png) |
![FranklinGothicSP.svg](/w/images/thumb/3/35/FranklinGothicSP.svg/200px-FranklinGothicSP.svg.png) |
Frutiger
Designer: Adrian Frutiger |
195px |
200px |
![FrutigerSpec-1.svg](/w/images/thumb/e/e5/FrutigerSpec-1.svg/200px-FrutigerSpec-1.svg.png) |
Futura
Designer: Paul Renner
Class: Geometric |
195px |
![Futura.svg](/w/images/thumb/1/12/Futura.svg/200px-Futura.svg.png) |
200px |
Geneva
Designer: Susan Kare
Class: Realist |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Gill Sans
Designer: Eric Gill
Class: Humanist |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Gotham
Designer: Tobias Frere-Jones
Class: Geometric |
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![GothamSpec.svg](/w/images/thumb/4/4e/GothamSpec.svg/200px-GothamSpec.svg.png) |
Haettenschweiler
Designer: Walter Haettenschweiler
Class: Realist |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Handel Gothic
Designer: Don Handel, Ronald Trogram
Class: Geometric |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Helvetica
Designer: Max Miedinger, Eduard Hoffman
Class: Grotesque |
195px |
200px |
![HelveticaSpecimenCH.svg](/w/images/thumb/2/28/HelveticaSpecimenCH.svg/200px-HelveticaSpecimenCH.svg.png) |
Highway Gothic
Designer: Ted Forbes |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Impact
Designer: Geoffrey Lee |
![Impact font.svg](/w/images/thumb/e/eb/Impact_font.svg/195px-Impact_font.svg.png) |
200px |
200px |
GE Inspira
Designer: Michael Abbink |
195px |
![GE Inspira.svg](/w/images/thumb/b/b5/GE_Inspira.svg/200px-GE_Inspira.svg.png) |
200px |
Johnston
Designer: Edward Johnston, Eric Gill
Class: Humanist |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Kabel
Designer: Rudolf Koch
Class: Geometric |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Lato
Designer: Łukasz Dziedzic
Class: Humanist |
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200px |
Lucida Sans
Designer: Charles Bigelow, Kris Holmes
Class: Humanist |
195px |
200px |
200px |
FF Meta
Designer: Erik Spiekermann
Class: Humanist |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Microsoft Sans Serif
Designer: Microsoft |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Myriad
Designer: Robert Slimbach, Carol Twombly
Class: Humanist |
195px |
200px |
![Myriadsp.svg](/w/images/thumb/4/48/Myriadsp.svg/200px-Myriadsp.svg.png) |
News Gothic
Designer: Morris Fuller Benton |
195px |
200px |
![NGsp4.svg](/w/images/thumb/0/05/NGsp4.svg/200px-NGsp4.svg.png) |
Open Sans
Designer: Steve Matteson
Class: Humanist |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Optima
Designer: Hermann Zapf |
195px |
200px |
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Rail Alphabet
Designer: Margaret Calvert, Jock Kinneir |
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200px |
Segoe UI
Designer: Steve Matteson |
195px |
![Segoe UI sample.svg](/w/images/thumb/f/f7/Segoe_UI_sample.svg/200px-Segoe_UI_sample.svg.png) |
![SegoeUI SP.svg](/w/images/thumb/9/97/SegoeUI_SP.svg/200px-SegoeUI_SP.svg.png) |
Skia
Designer: Matthew Carter |
195px |
200px |
![Skiaspecimen3.svg](/w/images/thumb/c/c6/Skiaspecimen3.svg/200px-Skiaspecimen3.svg.png) |
Source Sans Pro
Designer: Paul D. Hunt
Class: Realist |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Tahoma
Designer: Matthew Carter
Class: Humanist |
![Tahoma font.svg](/w/images/thumb/2/2b/Tahoma_font.svg/195px-Tahoma_font.svg.png) |
200px |
200px |
Thesis Sans
Designer: Lucas de Groot
Class: Humanist |
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200px |
Tiresias
Designer: RNIB |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Trade Gothic
Designer: Jackson Burke
Class: Grotesque |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Transport
Designer: Jock Kinneir, Margaret Calvert |
![Transport font.svg](/w/images/thumb/e/e8/Transport_font.svg/195px-Transport_font.svg.png) |
![Transport sample.png](/w/images/thumb/7/76/Transport_sample.png/200px-Transport_sample.png) |
200px |
Trebuchet MS
Designer: Vincent Connare
Class: Humanist |
![Trebuchet MS font.svg](/w/images/thumb/9/96/Trebuchet_MS_font.svg/195px-Trebuchet_MS_font.svg.png) |
![Trebuchet MS sample.svg](/w/images/thumb/6/68/Trebuchet_MS_sample.svg/200px-Trebuchet_MS_sample.svg.png) |
![TrebuchetMS SP.svg](/w/images/thumb/7/73/TrebuchetMS_SP.svg/200px-TrebuchetMS_SP.svg.png) |
Ubuntu
Designer: Dalton Maag
Class: Humanist |
195px |
200px |
![Ubuntu.svg](/w/images/thumb/2/26/Ubuntu.svg/200px-Ubuntu.svg.png) |
Univers
Designer: Adrian Frutiger
Class: Grotesque |
195px |
200px |
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VAG Rounded
Designer: Gerry Barney et al.
Class: Geometric |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Vera Sans
Designer: Jim Lyles |
195px |
200px |
![VeraSansSpecimen.svg](/w/images/thumb/e/e6/VeraSansSpecimen.svg/200px-VeraSansSpecimen.svg.png) |
Verdana
Designer: Matthew Carter |
![Verdana font.svg](/w/images/thumb/e/ea/Verdana_font.svg/195px-Verdana_font.svg.png) |
200px |
200px |
Additional sans-serif typefaces
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See also