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Best of 2017 – Sans

A round-up of our favorite Sans Serifs released in 2017.

Noah Nazir
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Last edited August 31, 2018

2017 was a year full of fabulous font releases, so much so, that we couldn’t fit them in one list! So, we have three Best Of Lists for 2017, starting with our top ten favorite Sans Serifs.

rocket
conceptional
Please do not sit on crocodile

The Handel Gothic™ typeface has been a mainstay of graphic communication for over 40 years - all the while looking as current as tomorrow. Designed by Don Handel in the mid-1960s, and used in the 1973 United Airlines logo developed by Saul Bass, Handel Gothic was an instant success when released to the graphic design community. Its generous lowercase x-height, full-bodied counters and square... Read More

chalet
hypothenuses
Caution to download the steps

Aeroport is a new typeface in the spirit of both German geometric sans serifs and Swiss neogrotesques. Its deliberately wide proportions and relatively short capitals account for the excellent way the type carries the line. Its short ascenders and descenders allow for very tight leading. When used in large point sizes, Aeroport reveals its industrial ancestry and its unconventional design: the... Read More

brandy
ultraviolets
Hell: one way in and no way out

UX, web and interactive designers working on digital interfaces, complex website projects, apps, games, kiosks and HTML ads will appreciate the on-screen high legibility performance of the PMN Caecilia® Sans family. Drawn by Peter Matthias Noordzij, the suite of faces share the foundation of his earlier PMN Caecilia slab serif design. While PMN Caecilia has proven to be a popular typeface in... Read More

Donald Handel, Nadine Chahine and Rod McDonald
ITC 2010
Sale
Luis Bandovas
Latinotype 2017
Viktor Nübel
FontFont 2017
Gerard Unger, Monotype.Design Studio and Linda Hintz
Linotype 1977

René Bieder
Gayaneh Bagdasaryan and Vyacheslav Kirilenko
Brownfox 2017
Peter Matthias Noordzij
Monotype 2017
Verena Gerlach
FontFont 2017
Christoph Dunst
Atlas Font Foundry 2017