Samples of sans serif typefaces

This list of samples of sans-serif typefaces details standard sans-serif fonts used in printing, classical typesetting and printing.

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Samples of Sans-serif typefaces
Typeface name	Example 1	Example 2	Example 3
Akzidenz-Grotesk Designer: Günter Gerhard Lange Class: Grotesque
Arial Designer: Robin Nicholas & Patrica Saunders Class: Realist
ITC Avant Garde Gothic Designer: Herb Lubalin, Tom Carnase Class: Geometric
Avenir Designer: Adrian Frutiger Class: Geometric
Bank Gothic Designer: Morris Fuller Benton Class: Geometric
Bell Centennial Designer: Matthew Carter Class: Transitional
Bell Gothic Designer: Chauncey H. Griffith Class: Realist
Benguiat Gothic Designer: Ed Benguiat Class: Humanist
Calibri Designer: Lucas de Groot Class: Humanist
Candara Designer: Gary Munch Class: Humanist
Cantarell Designer: David Crossland Class: Humanist
Century Gothic Designer: Morris Fuller Benton Class: Geometric
Charcoal (Mac OS 9 system font) Designer: David Berlow
Chicago (pre-Mac OS 9 system font, still included with Mac OS X) Designer: Susan Kare
Adobe Clean Adobe's now standard GUI and icon font
Corbel Designer: Jeremy Tankard
FF Dax Designer: Hans Reichel
DejaVu Sans
DIN 1451 Designer: Deutsches Institut für Normung Class: Realist
Droid Sans Designer: Steve Matteson
Eras Designer: Albert Boton, Albert Hollenstein Class: Humanist
Eurostile Designer: Aldo Novarese, Akira Kobayashi
Franklin Gothic Designer: Morris Fuller Benton
Frutiger Designer: Adrian Frutiger
Futura Designer: Paul Renner Class: Geometric
Geneva Designer: Susan Kare Class: Realist
Gill Sans Designer: Eric Gill Class: Humanist
Gotham Designer: Tobias Frere-Jones Class: Geometric
Haettenschweiler Designer: Walter Haettenschweiler Class: Realist
Handel Gothic Designer: Don Handel, Ronald Trogram Class: Geometric
Helvetica Designer: Max Miedinger, Eduard Hoffman Class: Neo-grotesque
Highway Gothic Designer: Ted Forbes Class: Neo-grotesque
Impact Designer: Geoffrey Lee
GE Inspira Designer: Michael Abbink
Johnston Designer: Edward Johnston, Eric Gill Class: Humanist
Kabel Designer: Rudolf Koch Class: Geometric
Lato Designer: Łukasz Dziedzic Class: Humanist
Lucida Sans Designer: Charles Bigelow, Kris Holmes Class: Humanist
FF Meta Designer: Erik Spiekermann Class: Humanist
Microsoft Sans Serif Designer: Microsoft
Myriad Designer: Robert Slimbach, Carol Twombly Class: Humanist
News Gothic Designer: Morris Fuller Benton
Open Sans Designer: Steve Matteson Class: Humanist
Optima Designer: Hermann Zapf
Rail Alphabet Designer: Margaret Calvert, Jock Kinneir
Segoe UI Designer: Steve Matteson
Skia Designer: Matthew Carter
Source Sans Pro Designer: Paul D. Hunt Class: Realist
Tahoma Designer: Matthew Carter Class: Humanist
Thesis Sans Designer: Lucas de Groot Class: Humanist
Tiresias Designer: RNIB
Trade Gothic Designer: Jackson Burke Class: Grotesque
Transport Designer: Jock Kinneir, Margaret Calvert
Trebuchet MS Designer: Vincent Connare Class: Humanist
Ubuntu Designer: Dalton Maag Class: Humanist
Univers Designer: Adrian Frutiger Class: Neo-Grotesque
VAG Rounded Designer: Gerry Barney et al. Class: Geometric
Vera Sans Designer: Jim Lyles
Verdana Designer: Matthew Carter