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.

List

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

Additional sans-serif typefaces

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