Sans Serif Fonts

About Sans Serif Fonts

In typography, Serifs refer to the small decorative flourishes at the end of strokes. And the word “Sans” means “without” in French. So a sans serif font is one that does not have the small decorative flourishes at the end of strokes. Sans serif fonts are also referred to as Grotesque or Gothic.

Compared to serif fonts that are usually considered traditional and familiar, sans serif fonts are modern and bold. So sans serif fonts are good for headlines and short copy that requires attention. Another feature of sans serif fonts is their less complex shapes, which will make less pixilation and distraction. So it displays well on computers that usually have poor resolution and they are generally the de facto standard for body text online. Helvetica, initially released as Neue Haas Grotesk and designed by Max Miedinger in 1957 is a typical sans serif font family.

Helvetica by Max Miedinger

To download free sans serif fonts for personal or commercial use, you can take a look at our collection of sans serif fonts. If you just want to create text graphics and logos online using sans serif fonts, you can check out our text generator below.

Create Text Graphics with Sans Serif Fonts

You can use the following tool to generate text graphics based on your selection of colors, text effects and sizes using sans serif fonts in seconds. You can then save the image, or use the EMBED button to get image links.

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