Typeface · Sans-serif
MS Sans Serif
Microsoft Sans Serif is a sans-serif typeface introduced with early Microsoft Windows versions.
About MS Sans Serif
Microsoft Sans Serif is a sans-serif typeface introduced with early Microsoft Windows versions. It is the successor of MS Sans Serif, formerly Helv, a proportional bitmap font introduced in Windows 1.0. Both typefaces are very similar in design to Arial and Helvetica. The typeface was designed to match the MS Sans bitmap included in the early releases of Microsoft Windows.
From the Wikipedia article “Microsoft Sans Serif”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Using MS Sans Serif in a book
Sans-serif faces work well for headings, captions, children's books and modern nonfiction. For long-form body text in print, most designers still prefer a serif.
Commercial typefaces require a licence that covers embedding in PDFs and ebooks; check the foundry's licence before you publish.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q1881903 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).