Editing Typeface (section)

====Sans-serif typefaces====
{{Main|Sans-serif}}
[[File:Helvetica.svg|thumb|The sans-serif [[Helvetica]] ({{lang|de|Neue Haas Grotesk}}) typeface]]
Sans serif (lit. without serif) designs appeared relatively recently in the history of type design. The first, similar to slab serif designs, was shown in 1816 by William Caslon IV. Many have minimal variation in stroke width, creating the impression of a minimal, simplified design. When first introduced, the faces were disparaged as "grotesque" (or {{notatypo|"grotesk"}}) and "gothic":<ref name="Phinney">{{cite magazine |magazine=Design, Technology and Grapics | title=Sans Serif: Gothic and Grotesque |date=October 17, 2020  |first=Thomas |last=Phinney |url=https://graphic-design.com/2020/10/17/sansserif_gothic_grotesque/ |publisher=Showker, Inc.}}</ref> but by the late nineteenth century were commonly used for san-serif without negative implication.<ref name="acumin">{{cite web |last1=Berry |first1=John |title=A Neo-Grotesque Heritage |url=http://acumin.typekit.com/history/ |publisher=Adobe Systems |access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref>

The major [[Sans-serif#Classification|sub-classes of Sans-serif]] are "[[Sans-serif#Grotesque|Grotesque]]", "[[Sans-serif#Neo-grotesque|Neo-grotesque]]", "[[Sans-serif#Geometric|Geometric]]" and "[[Sans-serif#Humanist|Humanist]]".