Illustration of sans serif
sans serif
noun
sans ser·if
san-ˈser-əf 
sanz-
variants
or sanserif
: a letter or typeface with no serifs
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A lot of the other material across the campaign is set in Union Gothic, a sturdy and versatile sans serif with a little more muscle than your standard Helvetica.
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Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 25 June 2025
These effects are messy, far from gleaming shopping malls, glassy office blocks, and slick websites rendered in clean sans serifs.
—Literary Hub, 6 May 2025
Pair bold serif font treatments with minimalist layouts or dynamic motion using sans serif type to capture attention.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Keough weaves both voices together in a dual narrative demarcated by type: Lisa Marie’s words are in a serif font, and her own are sans serif.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 25 June 2025
These effects are messy, far from gleaming shopping malls, glassy office blocks, and slick websites rendered in clean sans serifs.
—Literary Hub, 6 May 2025
Pair bold serif font treatments with minimalist layouts or dynamic motion using sans serif type to capture attention.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Keough weaves both voices together in a dual narrative demarcated by type: Lisa Marie’s words are in a serif font, and her own are sans serif.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for sans serif
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“Sans serif.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sans%20serif. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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