Humanistic sans serifs

Humanistic sans serifs have a calligraphic influence that they borrowed from Roman letterforms and early serif typefaces instead of early Grotesques. Due to such attributes as a low to medium stroke contrast, vertical axis, large, open counters, these typefaces are considered the most legible sans serifs.

Older typefaces like Gill Sans and Frutiger and the more recent Myriad, Trebuchet, and Calibri belong to this category.