Humanist Sans Serif

A

Sans Serif subgroup whose proportions and

Stroke modulation derive from the

Roman capital and

Old Style Serif serif traditions, giving the letterforms a calligraphic warmth absent in

Grotesque Sans Serif and

Geometric Sans Serif designs. Humanist sans serifs exhibit visible stroke contrast, wide

Aperture (improving

Legibility), a double-story lowercase g, and a slight

Axis / Stress on the vertical axis reminiscent of pen-drawn forms. Gill Sans (1928) is the prototypical example. The subgroup is prized for combining the clarity of sans serif construction with the organic readability of humanist letterform proportions.