Best Sans-Serif Fonts: 50 Free Sans-Serif Fonts
Sans-serif fonts are all the rage these days due to the number of mobile devices available today. If you’re always on the lookout for new sans-serif fonts to use on web design and graphic design projects, you’ll surely find this list of 50 best sans-serif fonts to be useful.
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1. Open Sans
Open Sans is one of the most popular sans-serif fonts available on the web. It was designed by well-known typeface designer Steve Matteson of Ascender Fonts. The font comes in 10 styles.
2. Quicksand
Quicksand is a rounded, contemporary sans-serif font by Andrew Paglinawan. It comes in seven styles, including one made up of dashed lines rather than solid.
3. Roboto
Roboto is a hybrid sans-serif font designed by Christian Robertson. It’s a bit of a grotesque font but also features open, elegant curves. It comes in 18 different styles.
4. Aller
Aller is a unique yet warm sans-serif font by Dalton Maag, Ltd. It comes in seven styles, some of which change the tone of the font dramatically, particularly the bold styles.
5. Raleway
Raleway is an elegant sans-serif font originally designed by Matt McInerney before Pablo Impallari and Rodrigo Fuenzalida of Impallari Type took over the family. The new design team expanded the family to 18 styles.
6. Lato
Lato is a semi-rounded sans-serif font by Łukasz Dziedzic of tyPoland. The designer originally designed it for a large, well-known client and released it to the public when the client decided to go in another direction. The font comes in 18 styles.
7. PT Sans
PT Sans was developed by ParaType as part of the Public Types of Russian Federation project. The project was created as a dedication to the civil type developed by Peter the Great between 1708 and 1710. It comes in eight styles.
8. Caviar Dreams
Caviar Dreams is a playful sans-serif font designed by Nymphont. It comes in four basic styles, each of which have over 500 glyphs.
9. Source Sans Pro
Source Sans Pro was designed by Paul D. Hunt. It was released as part of Adobe’s first open-source font family. This part of the family comes in 12 styles.
10. Titillium
Titillium is ongoing project of the Accademia di Belle Arti Urbino. Dozens of students work on the font every year, which is why it comes in 16 different styles with hundreds of glyphs each.
11. Montserrat
Montserrat is a beautiful sans-serif font designed by Julieta Ulanovsky. It’s praised by web and UI designers alike. The font comes in eight styles, each of which feature several hundred glyphs.
12. Exo
Exo is a “contemporary, geometric sans-serif typeface” designed by Natanael Gama. Its 18 styles are diverse, making this font highly versatile.
13. Walkway
Walkway is an elegantly playful sans-serif font designed by GemFonts. It has a contemporary appeal and comes in nine different styles.
14. Colaborate
Colaborate is a well-rounded, gorgeous sans-serif font designed by Ralph du Carrois of Carrois Type Design. It comes in 5 different styles, each of which only featuring only a couple hundred glyphs each.
15. Sansation
Sansation is a uniquely designed yet still highly elegant sans-serif font by Bernd Montag. It’s very clean and comes in six different styles.
16. Droid Sans
Droid Sans is a sans-serif font designed by renowned typeface designer Steve Matteson of Ascender Fonts. The font was commissioned by Google for use in the Android mobile operating system. The font comes in two basic styles.
17. Existence Light
Existence Light is a lightweight sans-serif font designed by Yeah Noah. It comes in three unique styles with one of them being in stencil form.
18. Josefin Sans
Josefin Sans is a “geometric, elegant and kind of vintage” sans-serif font designed by Typemade. The designer drew inspiration from Rudolf Wolf’s Memphis typeface, released in 1937 as well as Rudolf Koch’s Kabel typeface and Paul Renner’s Futura typeface, both of which were released in 1927.
19. Open Sans Condensed
Open Sans Condensed is exactly what it sounds like it is—it’s the condensed form of the Open Sans typeface. This font was designed by Ascender Fonts, the studio that created Open Sans, and it comes in three basic styles.
20. Aaargh
Aaargh is an elegant, rounded sans-serif font by Tup Wanders. It’s a basic font that comes in a single style that only includes over 100 glyphs.
21. Ubuntu
Ubuntu is part of of the Ubuntu Font Family, a set of matching libre/open fonts developed under the Ubuntu project. This font was designed by Dalton Maag, Ltd. and funded by Canonical, Ltd. It comes in nine different styles.
22. Molot
Molot is an all-uppercase, bold, sans-serif font designed by Roman Yershov. It comes in a single style and with just over 160 glyphs.
23. Comfortaa
Comfortaa is a round, elegant, contemporary sans-serif font designed by Johan Aakerlund. It comes in three basic styles that more or less feature different font weights and over 400 glyphs each.
24. BonvenoCF
BonvenoCF is a contemporary and slightly unique sans-serif font designed by Barry Schwartz. It comes in a single style and with just under 300 glyphs.
25. Fira Sans
Fira Sans is a hybrid sans-serif font designed by Mozilla for use in their browsers and operating system. The font was designed for the web and comes with a whopping number of 32 styles.
26. TeX Gyre Adventor
TeX Gyre Adventor is a sans-serif font designed by GUST e-foundry. It’s a modern take on a few typefaces of the past. It comes in four basic styles.
27. Cabin
Cabin is a contemporary sans-serif font designed by Impallari Type. It comes in eight basic styles, each of which feature just over 250 glyphs.
28. Amaranth
Amaranth is an endearing sans-serif font designed by Gesine Todt. It comes in four different styles, each of which feature just over 200 glyphs.
29. Nobile
Nobile is somewhat of a hybrid sans-serif font as it was designed for digital screens but also features characteristics of serif fonts. It was designed by Vernon Adams and comes in six styles.
30. Yanone Kaffeesatz
Yanone Kaffeesatz is a condensed sans-serif font by a designer of the same name. It was the designer’s first typeface. It comes in four basic styles that feature over 450 glyphs each.
31. Dosis
Dosis is a simple, rounded, sans-serif font. It was originally designed by Edgar Tolentino, extended by Pablo Impallari, and spaced and kerned by Igino Marini iKern. It comes in seven styles of different font weights.
32. Amble
Amble is a simple yet elegant sans-serif font by Punchcut. It comes in eight styles of different font weights, each of which feature over 400 glyphs.
33. DejaVu Sans
DejaVu Sans is a rounded sans-serif font designed by DejaVu Fonts. It comes in nine basic styles, each of which feature thousands of glyphs.
34. Cicle
Cicle is a rounded yet sharp sans-serif font designed by La Tipomatika. It comes in seven different styles with just over 200 glyphs.
35. Signika
Signika is a contemporary sans-serif font designed by Anna Giedryś. It comes in four basic styles with over 350 glyphs.
36. Print Clearly
Print Clearly is a “cute” sans-serif font by Blue Vinyl Fonts. It comes in three styles, one of them having dashed lines rather than solid.
37. Asap
Asap is a soft sans-serif font designed by Omnibus Type. It comes in six styles, each one with a different font weight than the next.
38. Overclock
Overclock is a warm sans-serif font with soft curves. It was designed by Dario Manuel Muhafara and comes in seven different styles.
39. Bitstream Vera Sans
Bitstream Vera Sans is a traditional sans-serif font that uses a classic style. It was designed by Bitstream and comes in four basic styles.
40. Maven Pro
Maven Pro is a contemporary sans-serif font designed by Vissol Ltd. It comes in four basic styles at different font weights.
41. Alegreya Sans
Alegreya Sans is a soft and elegant sans-serif font by Juan Pablo del Peral. It comes in 28 different styles, each of which feature over 600 glyphs.
42. Greyscale Basic
Greyscale Basic is a clean and futuristic sans-serif font by GreyscaleNet. It comes in four basic styles with just over 180 glyphs each.
43. Arsenal
Arsenal is a soft and elegant sans-serif font by Andriy Shevchenko. It comes in four styles that include over 700 glyphs each.
44. Afta Sans
Afta Sans is a soft and elegantly rounded sans-serif font by Oriol Esparraguera. It comes in two basic styles that include over 200 glyphs.
45. New Cicle
New Cicle is an elegant sans-serif font with a contemporary design. It was designed by La Tipomatika and comes in six different styles.
46. Oxygen
Oxygen is a traditional-style sans-serif font with a slight twist that gives it a contemporary flare. It was designed by Vernon Adams and comes in four basic styles.
47. ABeeZee
ABeeZee is an open and friendly sans-serif font designed by Anja Meiners. It comes in two basic styles.
48. Folks
Folks is a unique and playful sans-serif font designed by Manfred Klein Fonteria. It comes four styles, each one a different font weight.
49. Nunito
Nunito is a rounded sans-serif font designed by Vernon Adams. It comes in eight different styles, each one a heavier font weight than the previous one.
50. Michroma
Michroma is modern, high-tech and futuristic sans-serif font by Vernon Adams. It comes in a single style with over 450 glyphs.
Final Thoughts
We hope you enjoyed this list of 50 best sans-serif fonts, and we hope you found a new font or two. Check out our other font lists while you’re at it:
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