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 |
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Arial
Designer: Robin Nicholas & Patrica Saunders
Class: Realist |
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200px |
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ITC Avant Garde Gothic
Designer: Herb Lubalin, Tom Carnase
Class: Geometric |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Avenir
Designer: Adrian Frutiger
Class: Geometric |
195px |
200px |
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Bank Gothic
Designer: Morris Fuller Benton
Class: Geometric |
195px |
200px |
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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 |
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200px |
Candara
Designer: Gary Munch
Class: Humanist |
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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 |
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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 |
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200px |
DIN 1451
Designer: Deutsches Institut für Normung
Class: Realist |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Droid Sans
Designer: Steve Matteson |
195px |
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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 |
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Frutiger
Designer: Adrian Frutiger |
195px |
200px |
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Futura
Designer: Paul Renner
Class: Geometric |
195px |
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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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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 |
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Highway Gothic
Designer: Ted Forbes |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Impact
Designer: Geoffrey Lee |
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200px |
200px |
GE Inspira
Designer: Michael Abbink |
195px |
|
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 |
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News Gothic
Designer: Morris Fuller Benton |
195px |
200px |
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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 |
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Skia
Designer: Matthew Carter |
195px |
200px |
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Source Sans Pro
Designer: Paul D. Hunt
Class: Realist |
195px |
200px |
200px |
Tahoma
Designer: Matthew Carter
Class: Humanist |
|
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 |
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200px |
Trebuchet MS
Designer: Vincent Connare
Class: Humanist |
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Ubuntu
Designer: Dalton Maag
Class: Humanist |
195px |
200px |
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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 |
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Verdana
Designer: Matthew Carter |
|
200px |
200px |
Additional sans-serif typefaces
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