Guardian Sans
Commercial Type · Paul Barnes, Christian Schwartz
The sans half of the Guardian newspaper system, with Headline, Condensed Headline and Agate widths covering everything from features to financial listings.
About
An editorial sans serif designed by Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz for Mark Porter's Guardian redesign, with Berton Hasebe and Vincent Chan on the Agate and Panagiotis Haratzopoulos and Ilya Ruderman on the Greek and Cyrillic. Guardian Sans spans Headline and Headline Condensed widths for display, plus Agate Sans and Agate Duplex for tabular and financial settings, with weights from Hairline up to Ultra and matching italics. Built as a system alongside Guardian Egyptian, it covers serious news headlines, features, long-form text and tightly typeset listings.
Classification
Commercial Type position Guardian Sans as the sans half of the Guardian newspaper system, descended from an Egyptian skeleton. The family covers Headline widths from Condensed to standard, Text, and an Agate Sans, with a Duplex pairing for tabular and listings use.