[2][3][4][5] Unlike many sans-serifs, which often have an unadorned appearance with a geometric or industrial aesthetic, Goudy Sans has a more organic and decorative structure resembling painted lettering, with flared stroke ends and an avoidance of straight lines, typifying Goudy's taste towards designs with an organic feel.

[11][12] Lewis Blackwell in 20th-Century Type describes it as "something of a sport...with pronounced tendency to the inscriptional in its 'chiselled' junctions".

Goudy Sans has been digitised by P22 under its LTC imprint in a version relatively similar to the original metal type.

[16] During the phototypesetting period of printing, Compugraphic developed a new version with adjusted proportions and an expanded range of weights.

[17] This was re-released and expanded by ITC to form a popular four-weight version, shown in the sample for this article.