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>The loss of the serifs Part 1
>The loss of the serifs Part 2
>Fashion and typeface
>The sans serif wave Part 1
>The sans serif wave Part 2
>The sans serif wave Part 3
>Outsiders
>Further development is possible
>Cars and typefaces: a comparison
>A wide selection
>An overview
>About legibility

The History of Linear, Sans Serif Typefaces

An overview

As a summary, we provide a compilation of the most significant sans serif fonts on the market today (table 30). The alphabets are organized chronologically according to style. The old, classic weights come first, followed by the more contemporary ones afterwards.

1. Modulated Sans Serifs
a. Old
Basic Commercial™

Franklin Gothic™

Venus™

b. American Gothic
Bell Gothic™ by Adobe

News Gothic™

Trade Gothic®

Vectora®

b. New
Folio®

Neue Helvetica®

Neuzeit® S

Univers®

c. Variants
Antique Olive™ by Adobe

2. Art Nouveau

Hobo

3. Constructed Sans Serifs
a. Old
Erbar®

Futura®

Gill Sans®

Kabel®

Metromedium™ #2

Neuzeit® S

Spartan®

b. New
ITC Avant Garde Gothic® by Adobe

Avenir®

DIN Neuzeit® Grotesk

4. New Sans Serif Hybrids
Linotype Aroma™

ITC Eras® by Adobe

Linotype Ergo™

Finnegan®

Frutiger®

Linotype Projekt™

5. Stroke Variants
a. Stretched
Clearface Gothic™

ITC Mixage®

b. Linear with serifs

Friz Quadrata

ITC Goudy Sans®

ITC Newtext™

ITC Quorum®

ITC Serif Gothic®

ITC Symbol®

c. Rounded
Helvetica® Rounded Black

VAG Rounded™

Frankfurter™

Elefont™

d. Digital Segment
LCD™

Quartz

Russell Square™

Linotype Atomatic™

6. Experimental Sans Serifs
a. Circular

Blippo

Cirkulus™

Horatio™

b. Rectangular
Eurostile® by Adobe

Microgramma™

Serpentine™

c. Others
Amelia™

ITC Machine™ by Adobe

Peignot®

Revue™

Linotype Rezident™

Sinaloa™

Contacta™

Countdown™

7. Typewriter
OCR B

Orator™

ITC American Typewriter™


8. Capital Alphabets
Copperplate Gothic

Neuland®

Stop™



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Avenir, Eurostile, Finnegan, Nami, Neuzeit and Vectora are trademarks of Linotype GmbH registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions. Frutiger, Helvetica, Kabel, Neuland, Peignot, Spartan, Trade Gothic and Univers are trademarks of Linotype Corp. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions in the name of Linotype Corp. or its licensee Linotype GmbH. Amelia, Basic Commercial, Bell Gothic, Clearface Gothic, Contacta, Linotype Aroma, Linotype Atomatic, Linotype Ergo, Linotype Projekt, Linotype Rezident, Metromedium, Microgramma, Orator, Stop and VAG Rounded are trademarks of Linotype GmbH and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

Erbar, Folio and Futura are registered trademarks of Bauer Types. Venus is a trademark of Bauer Types.

Cirkulus, Countdown, Elefont, Frankfurter, Franklin Gothic, Horatio, ITC American Typewriter, ITC Machine, ITC Newtext, LCD, Revue and Sinaloa are trademarks of International Typeface Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

ITC Avant Garde Gothic, ITC Eras, ITC Goudy Sans, ITC Mixage, ITC Quorum, ITC Serif Gothic and ITC Symbol are trademarks of International Typeface Corporation registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and which may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.

Antique Olive is a trademark of Madame Marcel Olive.

Serpentine is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

Gill Sans is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. registered in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

News Gothic is a trademark of The Monotype Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

Russell Square is a trademark of VGC Corporation.

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