We consider complex-valued functions f ∈ L 1 (R+), where R+ := [0, ∞), and prove sufficient conditions under which the sine Fourier transformfs and the cosine Fourier transformfc belong to one of the Lipschitz classes Lip (α) and lip (α) for some 0 < α 1, or to one of the Zygmund classes Zyg (α) and zyg (α) for some 0 < α 2. These sufficient conditions are best possible in the sense that they are also necessary if f (x) 0 almost everywhere.