# Font superfamily

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 with a similar appearance that belong to different classes such as sans, serif, slab serif, rounded.
Superfamilies may include fonts grouped together for a common purpose that are not exactly complementary in letterform structure. They can allow organizations to expand their image and style while maintaining stylistic consistency. For example, BBC Reith font superfamily was commissioned by the BBC in 2018 to facilitate 'typographic expression' and consists of three styles (condensed, sans, serif) as well as a multitude of weights.

## 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 (sans), 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 (serif), FF Quadraat Sans, FF Quadraat Display and FF Quadraat Headliner

#### FF Scala

    by Martin Majoor, comprising FF Scala (serif) and FF Scala Sans

#### FF Seria

    by Martin Majoor, comprising FF Seria (serif) 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 Korolkova et 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 (serif, designed by Carol Twombly) and Trajan Sans. No lower-case.

### Same purpose
#### Computer Modern

    by Donald E. Knuth, comprising CMR (antiqua), CMSS (grotesque) and CMTT (monospaced)

#### DejaVu and Bitstream Vera

    comprising DejaVu Sans, DejaVu Sans Mono and DejaVu Serif.

#### Droid

    by Steve Matteson, comprising Droid Sans, Droid Serif and Droid Sans Mono.

#### IBM Plex

    by Mike Abbink, comprising IBM Plex Sans, IBM Plex Sans Condensed, IBM Plex Serif and IBM Plex Mono

#### Noto fonts

    by Google, comprising Noto Sans, Noto Serif and Noto Mono, an expansion of the Droid family. It supports a wide range of languages.

#### Roboto

    by Christian Robertson, comprising Roboto, Roboto Slab, Roboto Serif, Roboto Flex, Roboto Mono and Inter

#### Corporate ASE

    by Kurt Weidemann, comprising antiqua, sans and Egyptienne

#### Liberation

    by Steve Matteson, comprising Liberation Sans, Liberation Serif and Liberation Mono