In typography, a font superfamily or typeface superfamily is a font family containing
fonts that fall into multiple classifications.

Based on an identical character shape, class-specific features such as serifs are added. The result is a set of fonts that, while belonging to different classes such as sans

Sans-serif

In typography, a sans-serif, sans serif or san serif typeface is one that does not have the small projecting features called "serifs" at the end of strokes. The term comes from the French word sans, meaning "without"....

 and serif

Serif

In typography, serifs are semi-structural details on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and symbols. A typeface with serifs is called a serif typeface . A typeface without serifs is called sans serif or sans-serif, from the French sans, meaning “without”...

, have a similar appearance.

Notable superfamilies

Computer Modern

Computer Modern

Computer Modern is the family of typefaces used by default by the typesetting program TeX. It was created by Donald Knuth with his METAFONT program, and was most recently updated in 1992. However, the family font was superseded by CM-Super , the latest release dating 2008...

: by Donald E. Knuth, comprising cmr (antiqua), cmss (grotesque) and cmtt (monospaced
Corporate ASE: by Kurt Weidemann, comprising antiqua, sans and Egyptienne
FF Meta

FF Meta

FF Meta is a humanist sans-serif typeface family designed by Erik Spiekermann originally as a commission for the Deutsche Bundespost , but later released by Spiekermann himself in 1991 through his FontFont library...

: by Erik Spiekermann

Erik Spiekermann

Erik Spiekermann is a German typographer and designer. He is a professor at the University of the Arts Bremen....

, comprising FF Meta (sans), FF Meta Serif and FF Meta Headline
FF Nexus: by Martin Majoor

Martin Majoor

Martin Majoor is a Dutch typedesigner and graphic designer.-Biography:Martin Majoor has been designing type since the mid-1980s. During his study at the School of Fine Art in Arnhem , he shortly worked in a student placement at URW in Hamburg. It was there that he was able to work with the first...

, comprising FF Nexus Sans, FF Nexus Serif, FF Nexus Mix and FF Nexus Typewriter
FF Quadraat: by Fred Smeijers, comprising FF Quadraat (serif), FF Quadraat Sans, FF Quadraat Display and FF Quadraat Headliner
FF Scala

FF Scala

FF Scala is an old style, humanist, serif typeface designed by Dutch typeface designer Martin Majoor in 1990 for the Vredenburg Music Center in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The FF Scala font family was named for the Teatro alla Scala in Milan...

: by Martin Majoor

Martin Majoor

Martin Majoor is a Dutch typedesigner and graphic designer.-Biography:Martin Majoor has been designing type since the mid-1980s. During his study at the School of Fine Art in Arnhem , he shortly worked in a student placement at URW in Hamburg. It was there that he was able to work with the first...

, comprising FF Scala (serif) and FF Scala Sans
Generis

Generis (typeface)

Generis is the name of a typeface designed by type designer Erik Faulhaber. Generis was first published in November 2006 by Linotype.The Generis is a type system consisting of four type families compatible both in style and metrics. It consists of 28 fonts in 6 weights. OpenType features include...

: 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

Erik Spiekermann

Erik Spiekermann is a German typographer and designer. He is a professor at the University of the Arts Bremen....

 and Just van Rossum, comprising ITC Officina Sans, ITC Officina Serif and ITC Officina Display
Liberation: by Steve Matteson, comprising Liberation Sans, Liberation Serif and Liberation Mono
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

Lucida

Lucida is an extended family of related typefaces designed by Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes in 1985.There are many variants called Lucida, including scripts , serif , and sans-serif .Bigelow & Holmes, together with the TeX vendor Y&Y, extended the Lucida family with a full...

: by Charles Bigelow

Charles Bigelow (type designer)

Charles A. Bigelow is a type historian, professor, and designer. Bigelow grew up in the Detroit suburbs and attended the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1982. Along with Kris Holmes, he is the co-creator of Lucida and Wingdings font families...

 and Kris Holmes, comprising Lucida Sans, Lucida Serif, Lucida Typewriter Sans, Lucida Typewriter Serif and Lucida Math
Penumbra: by Lance Hidy, comprising Penumbra Sans, Penumbra Serif, Penumbra Half Serif and Penumbra Flare
Rotis

Rotis

Rotis is a typeface developed in 1988 by Otl Aicher, a German graphic designer and typographer. In Rotis, Aicher explores an attempt at maximum legibility through a highly unified yet varied typeface family that ranges from full serif, glyphic, and sans-serif...

: by Otl Aicher, comprising rotis serif, rotis semi-serif, rotis semi-sans and rotis sans
Sassoon

Sassoon

Sassoon may refer to:*Sassoon Other uses:* Sassoon Eskell , Iraqi statesman and financier* Siegfried Sassoon, English poet and author* Sassoon * David Sassoon Library, in Mumbai, India* Sassoon Docks, in Mumbai, India...

: by Rosemary Sassoon and Adrian William, comprising Sassoon Sans, Sassoon Book, Sassoon Primary, Sassoon Infant and Sassoon Sans Slope
Stone: by Sumner Stone, comprising Stone Serif, Stone Sans and Stone Informal
Thesis: by Lucas de Groot, comprising TheSans, TheSerif, TheMix and TheAntiqua