Domaine Sans delves into an unpopular genre: sans serifs with contrast. Designed by Kris Sowersby, it began as an experiment removing the serifs from Domaine Text Light, which reminded him of the smaller sizes of Breite Grotesk — a unique, underexplored grotesk subgenre where the simple addition of contrast makes it interesting and lively.

Sans-serif typefaces with contrast are not very common; Sowersby cites Optima as the first cogent typeface with contrast, but notes that it remains divisive among graphic designers. Domaine Sans follows the similar structural logic as Domaine. Both the Domaine Sans Display and Fine have exuberant detail and high contrast; whereas Domaine Sans Text is more robust and pragmatic for extended text-setting.

The Display and Fine Italic styles feature swash caps alternates for all uppercase letters — a single initial swash cap can really change the flavour of a word. Domaine Sans Fine, with its razor-thin hairlines referencing Didot's grand romans and Bickham's sophisticated script work, is only really useable above 60pt.

The family comes in three subfamilies: Fine, Display, and Text, each available in a full range of weights with italics.