Open 5sites ofany famous brands.
Let’s say the choice fell onChanel, Toyota, Apple, Fender and Rolex. Doyou know what they have incommon?
The corporate sans-serif font that meets you onthe main page. Most modern brands choose sans serifs fonts astheir corporate font.
Such fonts began togain popularity almost acentury ago, but still remain attheir peak.
Let’s find out what issoattractive about these fonts and have alook ataselection ofthe best sans serifs from the TypeType collection.
What kind ofsans serif fonts there are
Many have already guessed that this article could berenamed «15Best Grotesques». It’s afact that most sans-serif fonts are grotesque.
Even ifwetalk only about grotesques, you can find ahuge number offonts that are different from each other.
Grotesques can bedivided bystyle, byarea ofapplication, bybelonging toahistorical era, and byother criteria. Wewill consider only the most common categories.
The most common classification ofgrotesques includes:
- old;
- new (neo-grotesque);
- humanist;
- geometrics.
Based onscope, grotesques can beclassified asfollows:
- text;
- heading.
Among sans-serif fonts, there isonly one antiqua— stressed sans, which issometimes called contrasting sans serif.
Sans-serif fonts can beopposite incharacter and characteristics: classic neutral ordecorative, rounded ornarrowed. The selection includes different fonts sothat you can choose the right one for different areas.
Where sans serif fonts are used
The scope ofgrotesques islimitless.
Onthe web, sans serif fonts are used onwebsites, inapplications, and incorporate documents. Increasingly more often, grotesques are chosen for game interfaces, packaging and identity design. Sans serif fonts began toappear more often inthe layout ofbooks, catalogs and magazines.
15best TypeType fonts
Universal sans serifs
This category offonts isoften referred toas«workhorses». Acharacteristic feature ofsuch fonts istheir concise nature, extensive character set and well-thought-out technical component. This isthe font inthe collection that looks attractive inalmost any project.
Asarule, itisageometric, humanist ornew grotesque. You may come across the term «Swiss Style» used inreference tosans serif fonts. Most often, the criteria for «Swiss Style» include minimalistic design, good readability oftyped text and versatility ofuse.
There are many «workhorses» inthe TypeType collection, but the main trio isTTCommons™ Pro, TTNorms® Pro and TTHoves Pro.
TTNorms® Pro isthe studio’s #1 studio bestseller. Ithas been used inthe design ofmore than 1000 famous world brands: Cartoon Network, Tom Tailor, CSN, and others.
The font supports over 275languages, including Bulgarian, Greek, and Vietnamese.
TTCommons™ Pro isanother bestseller ofthe studio. Itfeatures Uniqlo, Commercetools, Typo and other global brands inits portfolio. Supports 275+ languages and has anextensive character set.
TTHoves Pro isthe third font included inthe rating ofthe most popular universal sans serifs ofthe studio. Offers extensive support for European and Cyrillic languages, alarge number ofstyles and anextended character set.
All universal fonts of the studio are regularly updated with new styles, OpenType features, and characters.
Display sans serifs
These are the sans serifs that are intended for headings and display inscriptions and have amore pronounced character than other groups ofsans serif fonts. They are expressive, stylish and bright, therefore they are also used inpackaging design, inthe development ofcorporate identity, and for the design ofsigns and exhibitions.
The most popular display ordecorative sans serifs are TTRounds Neue, TTTravels Next, and TTFrantz.
TTRounds Neue isarounded font with soft shapes and afriendly character. Itisoften chosen for eco-themed brands, children’s products and socially important projects.
TTTravels Next isastylish display sans serif with wide proportions for modern projects.
TTFrantz isanexperimental variable sans serif. You can change the middle line ofthe font byraising orloweringit. Inthe set, itlooks tight and aesthetically pleasing.
Humanist sans serifs
Humanist sans serifs are fonts without serifs that have contrast. They are most frequently multi-width fonts and may contain elements referencing calligraphy.
The collection ofhumanist grotesques byTypeType isrepresented byTTFellows and TTWellingtons.
TTFellows isthe studio’s first uniwidth typeface, which became abestseller right after its release. Itcan becategorized asa«workhorse» aswell, asitisatruly versatile typeface. Uniwidth allows you tochange styles directly inthe layout, because the width ofthe characters does not change when increasing ordecreasing the weight.
Geometric sans serifs
The shape ofcharacters ofsuch fonts isbased onsimple geometric shapes. This category offonts ispopular and often used bymodern brands.
The TypeType collection has many geometric grotesques with different characters. This category includes the versatile TTCommons™ Pro, TTNorms® Pro and TTHoves Pro. There are also TTFors, TTChocolates, TTTravels and TTFirs Neue fonts.
TTFirs Neue isasans serif with awide range ofapplications. The font has arecognizable character, soitisused for headings. Itwill look beautiful intext blocks set inlarge size.
TTChocolates isafavorite ofmany designers. Itisatext font with adense set and friendly character.
Neo-grotesques
This category offonts isrepresented bysans serifs with awide range ofapplications. Asarule, these are low-contrast fonts with concise forms.
TTInterphases Pro isaneo-grotesque for use ininterfaces. The text typed inthis font remains readable and looks uniform even inasmall size. Ithas abroad language and character set and isregularly updated.
Stressed serif
This isanantiqua without serifs. Itiscategorized asantiqua because ofthe high contrast inherent intypefaces ofthis category. Sometimes this font iscalled acontrasting sans serif.
Werecommend the TTRicordi Allegria and TTKnickerbockers stressed serifs.
TTRicordi Allegria isasophisticated and beautiful typeface with variable width proportions.
TTKnickerbockers isacontrast typeface that has hints ofserifs. Anoriginal typeface that can beused totype headings ordecorative inscriptions.
Bonus: Technological and monowidth fonts
There are sans-serif fonts that are difficult tocategorize orthat cover several types atonce. Asabonus, wewant tosuggest 3fonts that are not included inprevious collections.
TTAutonomous isatechnological grotesque. This isabrutal font whose proportions look monospaced. Ideal for projects related tomechanical engineering, technology orAI.
TTInterphases Pro Mono isasubfamily ofthe TTInterphases Pro font, rendered inmonospace proportions. This isastylish typeface that can beused not only inprogramming, but also inbranding, packaging design and headlines.
TTSupermolot Neue isanother technological grotesque whose character you can control. The typeface includes avariety ofstyles that harmoniously match each other.
We’ve shown you 15sans-serif fonts toadd toyour collection in2024.
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