Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Samples of sans-serif typefaces Typeface name Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Agency FB Designer: Caleigh Huber & Morris Fuller Benton Class: Geometric : Akzidenz-Grotesk Designer: Günter Gerhard Lange Class: Grotesque : Amplitude Designer: Christian Schwartz Class: Humanist : Andalé Sans Designer: Steve Matteson Class: Humanist : Antique Olive ...
Aptos, originally named Bierstadt, is a sans-serif typeface in the neo-grotesque style developed by Steve Matteson. [3] It was released in 2023 as the new default font for the Microsoft Office suite, replacing the previously used Calibri font.
The Libertinus Serif family: 6 serif typefaces cover three weights (Regular, Semibold, Bold) in each of two styles (Regular, Italic); originally forked from Linux Libertine. The Libertinus Sans family: 3 sans-serif typefaces cover Regular, a Bold weight, and an Italic style; originally forked from Linux Biolinum .
The italic style is a true italic, with influences from serif fonts and calligraphy, with many letters gaining a tail pointing to the right. Many aspects of its design are similar to Calibri and Candara, which are also humanist sans-serif designs; like them it is slightly more condensed than average.
The Triplex type font style is a typeface designed by Zuzana Licko and John Downer in 1985 and 1989. [1] [2] It is distributed by Emigre.It is used by Avex & Prezi for its logo. It was also used as the typeface for Disney Channel from 1997-2002.
A humanist sans-serif font family, somewhat similar to Syntax (1968) and Frutiger (1976). It included fonts in 8 weights and 2 widths, with complementary italic fonts. A distinctive figure is the 'Q' with the detached tail, somewhat similar to that on Dwiggins' Metro; an alternate is provided for when this is unsuitable.
Tahoma is a humanist sans-serif typeface that Matthew Carter designed for Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft first distributed it, along with Carter's Verdana, as a computer font with Office 97. While similar to Verdana, Tahoma has a narrower body, smaller counters, much tighter letter spacing, and a more complete Unicode character set.
[180] [181] Another little-known follower was the NEN 3225 standard lettering, a project by the Dutch Standards Institute to create a set of standardised lettering for public use in the Netherlands, comprising a sans-serif similar to Gill Sans and a companion serif font drawn by Jan van Krimpen. The project was begun in 1944 but not published ...