If you’ve been in the design game long enough, you’ll notice that trends are cyclical. This is true in fashion, but it’s also true in the graphic design world.
I’ve always appreciated the elegance of a serif font, but sans serif fonts are having a moment this year so I thought it would be fun to highlight a few of our team’s favorites.
Ivy Style Sans (from Adobe Fonts)
Available through Adobe Fonts, IvyStyle balances a clean, modern look with warmth. It’s variety of weights make it a versitle font. I like using the lighter and heavier versions for headlines and the regular version for body copy.
Try pairing it with a clean serif font such as Editors Note from Jen Wagner.
Neue Swiss (Jen Wagner Co.)
Neue Swiss is an impactful yet minimal typeface created by renowned type designer Jen Wagner. With it’s contemporary lines, it feels elegant yet easy to read. The entire family includes 8 weights and 16-font typefaces. Try using it for websites or branding. It’s extremely versatile and can blend in or stand out as much as you would like.
Use it on its own or pair it with an elegant script like Nautica or Altesse Std (both free with an Adobe subscription).
Essential Sans (Jen Wagner Co.)
Essential Sans is another fun sans serif font from Jen Wagner. With its rounded characters, Essential Sans feels a bit warmer than Neue Swiss. With 8 weights and 16 fonts in the family, it’s a versatile font that can work for everything from headlines to body copy.
It also includes fun extra characters such as circled numbers, alternative glyphs and arrows.
Pairs well with: Perfectly Nineties or Ethic Serif.
Work Sans (Google Fonts)
Work Sans is the main body copy font on our site. With 18 fonts in the family, it’s a flexible font that can be used for just about any scenario. Google Fonts also come pre-loaded in apps like Showit and Canva so you won’t need to purchase these files in order to use them.
Pairs well with: Editors Note, Playfair Display, Prata
Poppins (Google Fonts)
Available for free from Google Fonts, Poppins is another typeface with perfectly round elements. The characters were created in a way that makes them feel perfectly balanced. Poppins is another font that is available in 18 different styles.
Try pairing it with an elegant serif like Goldenbook or Cormorant Garamond.
Inter (Google Fonts)
Inter is a powerful Google font that includes more than 2000 glyphs and support for 147 languages.
Weights range from a delicate thin 100 all the way up to a heavy 900. Each glyph has three dedicated designs for weights 100, 400 and 900 to ensure excellent quality at any weight.
The regular version of Inter features a smaller x-height – which aids in readability at smaller sizes. The display sizes feature clean lines – which enables them to scale up and down beautifully. We used Inter on the BDOW! site as well as on Mike’s site.
Pair it with a serif that has a bit of weight to it – like Perfectly 90s.
Avenir Next (MyFonts)
Avenir Next is a beautifully designed sans serif that has been updated to include a variety of styles and weights. With a whopping 32 fonts, it can be used for everything from headlines to body copy. It’s highly readable – making it great for smaller sizes as well.
Try pairing it with: Dante™ or Royals
DM Sans (Google Fonts)
DM Sans (available from Google Fonts) is a low-contrast geometric sans serif design. The shape of its characters enable it to work well at small sizes.
Pair it with: Playfair Display, Carefree or Kudryashev Display
Bergen (Creative Market)
I love the impact that Bergen has in designs. It’s heavier weights make it easy to read but it’s still interesting enough that it doesn’t feel very basic. Bergen works great for large headlines as well as body copy.
Pair it with: Sainte Colombe, Editors Note or Adobe Kis Variable
Nineties Headliner (Jen Wagner)
Nineties Headliner is a bold, nostalgic sans inspired by text-focused magazine ads of yesteryear. Nineties Headliner includes both uppercase and lowercase characters and looks great at large sizes.
It’s gorgeous used on its own, but Jen designed it to pair with “Perfectly Nineties.”
If you end up using any of these fonts in your next project, leave a link below or send us a DM. We’d love to see it!
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