Sans Serif Fonts for Winning Web Design
A font relies strictly on text to convey a message and the message can be literally what a design is all about. The shape of the letters combined with the meaning of the words must work together to convey a company’s image. Successful typography often depends on making the right font choice along with the use of color and weights.
Think of logos that use only text such as CNN, Sony, and Intel. Each logo is just a word but these logos have become embedded into our memories. Can you imagine how CNN’s logo would look if the designers used a frilly script font? How would that change your perception about CNN?
While thousands of fonts exist, one size definitely doesn’t fit all. There’s no one single font that is the perfect font for graphic design or logo design. Choosing the right one depends on numerous factors. The right font for Company A can just as easily be the wrong font for Company B.
Here you will find a selection of the most widely used sans serif typefaces in both print and web design. We’ll keep updating this list from time to time as we get input from our readers.
Font: Agency Gothic | Distributor: Castle Type Fonts | Designer: Jason Castle | View details
Font: Agfa Rotis | Distributor: Monotype Imaging | Designer: Otl Aicher | Year: 1988 | View details
Font: Akzidenz Grotesk | Distributor: Berthold | Designer: H. Berthold AG | Year: 1896 | View details
Font: Alternate Gothic | Distributor: Elsner and Flake | Designer: Morris Fuller Benton | Year: 1903 | View details
Font: BF Anorak | Distributor: Brass Fonts | Designer: Oliver Funke | Year: 1999 | View details
Font: Arial Rounded MT Bold | Distributor: Monotype Imaging | Designers: Robin Nicholas and Patricia Saunders | Year: 1982 | View details
Font: Avenir | Distributor: Linotype | Designer: Adrian Frutiger | Year: 1988 | View details
Font: Bank Gothic | Distributor: Grouptype | Designer: Morris Fuller Benton | Year: 1994 | View details
Font: Bell Gothic | Distributor: Linotype | Designer: Chauncey F. Griffith | Year: 1938 | View details
Font: Jan Fromm | Distributor: Jan Fromm | Designer: Jan Fromm | Year: 2006 | View details
Font: Century Gothic | Distributor: Monotype Imaging | View details
Font: Clearface Gothic | Distributor: Linotype | Designer: Morris Fuller Benton | Year: 1984 | View details
Font: Digital Sans | Distributor: Elsner and Flake | Designers: Veronika Elsner and Günther Flake | Year: 1974 | View details
Font: DIN Engshrift | Distributor: URW++ | View details
Font: Erbar | Distributor: Linotype | Designer: Jakob Erbar | Year: 1929 | View details
Font: Eurostile | Distributor: Linotype | Designer: Aldo Novarese | Year: 1962 | View details
Font: Fette Mittelschrift | Distributor: URW++ | View details
Font: FF Meta | Distributor: Font Font | Designer: Erik Spiekermann | Year: 2001 | View details
Font: FF Cocon | Distributor: FontFont | Designer: Evert Bloemsma | Year: 1998 | View details
Font: FF Dax | Distributor: FontFont | Designer: Hans Reichel | Year: 1995-97 | View details
Font: FF Din | Distributor: FontFont | Designer: Albert-Jan Pool | Year: 1995 | View details
Font: FF Kievit | Distributor: Font Font | Designer: Michael Abbink | Year: 2001 | View details
Font: FF Sari | Distributor: Font Font | Designer: Hans Reichel | Year: 1999 | View details
Font: FF Scala Sans | Distributor: Font Font | Designer: Martin Majoor | Year: 1993 | View details
Font: FF Unit | Distributor: Font Font | Designer: Erik Spiekermann | Year: 2003 | View details
Font: Flux | Distributor: T 26 | Designer: Monib Mahdavi | View details
Font: Frankfurter | Distributor: Letraset | Designers: Nick Belshaw and Alan Meeks | Year: 1970-81 | View details
Font: Franklin Gothic | Distributor: Elsner and Flake | Designer: Morris Fuller Benton | Year: 1904 | View details
Font: Frutiger | Distributor: Linotype | Designer: Adrian Frutiger | Year: 1968 | View details
Font: Futura | Distributor: Linotype | Designers: Paul Renner | Year: 1927 | View details
Font: Gill Sans | Distributor: Linotype | Designer: Eric Gill | Year: 1931 | View details
Font: Handel Gothic | Distributor: Bitstream | Designer: Robert Trogman | View details
Font: Helvetica | Distributor: Linotype | Designers: Matthew Carter, Edouard Hoffmann and Max Miedinger | Year: 1959 | View details
Font: Imago | Distributor: Berthold | Designer: Günter Gerhard Lange | Year: 1982 | View details
Font: Insignia | Distributor: Linotype | Designer: Neville Brody | Year: 1982 | View details
Font: Interstate | Distributor: Font Bureau | Designer: Tobias Frere-Jones | Year: 1993-4 | View details
Font: ITC Ronda | Distributor: Linotype | Designer: Herb Lubalin | View details
Font: ITC Avant Garde | Distributor: Linotype | Designers: Herb Lubalin and Tom Carnase | Year: 1970 | View details
Font: ITC Bauhaus | Distributor: Linotype | Designer: Edward Benguiat | Year: 1975 | View details
Font: ITC Conduit | Distributor: Linotype | Designer: Mark van Bronkhorst | View details
Font: ITC Eras | Distributor: Linotype | Designers: Albert Boton and Albert Hollenstein | View details
Font: ITC Officina | Distributor: Linotype | Designers: Ole Schäfer and Erik Spiekermann | Year: 1990 | View details
Font: ITC Stone Sans | Distributor: Linotype | Designer: Sumner Stone | Year: 1987 | View details
Font: Kabel | Distributor: Linotype | Designer: Rudolph Koch | Year: 1928 | View details
Font: Klavika | Distributor: Process Type Foundry | Designer: Eric Olson | Year: 2004 | View details
Font: Leitura Sans | Distributor: DS Type | Designer: Dino Dos Santos | Year: 2007 | View details
Font: Lithos | Distributor: Linotype | Designer: Carol Twombly | View details
Font: Magistral | Distributor: Paratype | Designers: Andrey Kryukov and Dmitry Kirsanov | Year: 1997 | View details
Font: Myriad | Distributor: Linotype | Designers: Carol Twombly and Robert Slimbach | View details
Font: Neo Sans | Distributor: Monotype Imaging | Designer: Sebastian Lester | Year: 2004 | View details
Font: Neuropol X | Distributor: Typodermic | Designer: Ray Larabie | Year: 2003 | View details
Font: News Gothic | Distributor: Linotype | Designer: Morris Fuller Benton | View details
Font: Phenix American | Distributor: Monotype Imaging | Designer: Morris Fuller Benton | View details
Font: Proxima Sans | Distributor: Mark Simonson | Designer: Mark Simonson | Year: 1994 | View details
Font: Serpentine | Distributor: Linotype | Designer: Dick Jensen | View details
Font: Skia CC | Distributor: Carter & Cone Type Inc. | Designer: Matthew Carter | View details
Font: Swiss 721 | Distributor: Bitstream | Designer: Max Miedinger | Year: 1982 | View details
Font: Syntax | Distributor: Linotype | Designer: Hans Eduard Meier | Year: 1968-72 | View details
Font: Technia | Distributor: Bogusky | Designer: Bill Bogusky | Year: 2006 | View details
Font: Trade Gothic | Distributor: Linotype | Designer: Jackson Burke | Year: 1948 | View details
Font: Triplex | Distributor: Emigre | Designer: Zuzana Licko | Year: 1985-89 | View details
Font: Trump Gothic | Distributor: Canada Type | Designer: Georg Trump, Stanislav Maršo and Patrick Griffin | Year: 2005 | View details
Font: Univers | Distributor: Linotype | Designers: Adrian Frutiger and Alexei Chekulayev | Year: 1957 | View details
Font: Underground | Distributor: P22 | Designer: Edward Johnston | Year: 1916 | View details
