In typography, a font superfamily or typeface superfamily is a font family containing fonts that fall into multiple classifications. The norm in a superfamily is to start from an identical character shape; class-specific features such as serifs are added to that shape. The result is a set of fonts that, while belonging to different classes such as sans and serif, have a similar appearance. Generally the sans-serif member of a superfamily will be a humanist design to complement the serif. Other superfamilies may include fonts grouped together for a common purpose that are not exactly complementary in letterform structure.
Notable superfamilies
Same letterforms
; Berlingske: by Playtype, comprising Berlingske Serif, Berlingske Serif Display, Berlingske Serif Stencil, Berlingske sans, Berlingske Sans Display, Berlingske sans Stencil, Berlingske Slab, Berlingske Slab Display, Berlingske Slab Stencil, Berlingske Typewriter. ; FF Meta: by Erik Spiekermann, comprising FF Meta, FF Meta Serif and FF Meta Headline ; FF Nexus: by Martin Majoor, comprising FF Nexus Sans, FF Nexus Serif, FF Nexus Mix and FF Nexus Typewriter ; FF Quadraat: by Fred Smeijers, comprising FF Quadraat, FF Quadraat Sans, FF Quadraat Display and FF Quadraat Headliner ; FF Scala: by Martin Majoor, comprising FF Scala and FF Scala Sans ; FF Seria: by Martin Majoor, comprising FF Seria and FF Seria Sans ; Generis: by Erik Faulhaber, comprising Generis Sans, Generis Serif, Generis Simple and Generis Slab ; ITC Humana: by Timothy Donaldso, comprising ITC Humana Sans, ITC Humana Serif and ITC Humana Script ;ITC Officina: by Erik Spiekermann and Just van Rossum, comprising ITC Officina Sans, ITC Officina Serif and ITC Officina Display ; Linotype Authentic: by Karin Huschka, comprising Linotype Authentic Sans, Linotype Authentic Serif, Linotype Authentic Small Serif and Linotype Authentic Stencil ; Linotype Compatil: by Olaf Leu, comprising Compatil Text, Compatil Fact, Compatil Letter and Compatil Exquisit ; Lucida: by Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes, comprising Lucida Sans, Lucida Serif, Lucida Typewriter Sans, Lucida Typewriter Serif and Lucida Math ; Merriweather : by Eben Sorkin, comprising Merriweather and Merriweather Sans ;Penumbra: by Lance Hidy, comprising Penumbra Sans, Penumbra Serif, Penumbra Half Serif and Penumbra Flare ; PT Fonts: by Alexandra Korolkovaet al, comprising PT Serif, PT Sans and PT Mono. ; Rotis: by Otl Aicher, comprising rotis serif, rotis semi-serif, rotis semi-sans and rotis sans ; Sassoon: by Rosemary Sassoon and Adrian William, comprising Sassoon Sans, Sassoon Book, Sassoon Primary, Sassoon Infant and Sassoon Sans Slope ; Source: by Paul D. Hunt and Frank Grießhammer, comprising Source Sans Pro, Source Serif Pro and Source Code Pro ; Stone: by Sumner Stone, comprising Stone Serif, Stone Sans and Stone Informal ; Thesis: by Lucas de Groot, comprising TheSans, TheSerif, TheMix and TheAntiqua ; Trajan: both Trajan and Trajan Sans. No lower-case.
