FF Meta is a humanist sans-serif typeface family designed by Erik Spiekermann and released in 1991[1] through his FontFont library.

Throughout the 1990s, FF Meta was embraced by the international design community[2] with Spiekermann and E. M. Ginger writing that it had been dubiously praised as the Helvetica of the 1990s.

These include Imperial College London, The Weather Channel, the television stations WSYR-TV, WIVT and WUTR in upstate New York, Herman Miller, Zimmer Holdings, Mozilla Corporation, Mozilla Foundation, Schaeffler Group, Endemol, Greggs, Digital UK (now Everyone TV), Liberal Democrats, Mumsnet and Fort Wayne International Airport.

[7] Characteristics of this typeface are: A general feature of FF Meta is relatively open apertures, in contrast to the more folded-up appearance of Helvetica.

The typeface would have to be sans-serif, narrow, with strokes thick enough to withstand uneven printing, curves, indentations, and flares to prevent optical illusions, open joins to combat over-inking, and clearly distinguishable glyphs.

However, despite positive interest from the German Minister of Telecommunications among others,[10] Bundespost decided not to implement[1] the new exclusive typeface for fear it would "cause unrest".