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How to pronounce serif in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms seriph
Type of line

Examples of serif

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I prefer the Georgia serif font because my eyes are weakened by New Times Roman.
From the economist.com
Transitional or baroque serif typefaces first appeared in the mid-18th century.
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Typewriter slab serif typefaces are named for their use in strike-on typewriting.
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Can they sort out the awful new sans serif font they use for their logo please?
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I've added images, sans serif and serif, for all letters of the Greek alphabet.
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A serif is, by definition, a cross-line at the end of a stroke along a letter.
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Calibri is a beautiful sans serif font characterized by curves and soft edges.
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The evolution of the sans serif font very likely stemmed from the slab serif font.
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There's no reason not to mix serif and a sans-serif as long as you are consistent.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • A short line at the end of the main strokes of a character
  • In typography, a serif /u02C8su025Bru026Af/ is a small line attached to the end of a stroke in a letter or symbol. A typeface with serifs is called a serif typeface (or serifed typeface). A typeface without serifs is called sans serif or sans-serif, from the French sans, meaning "without...
  • A short line added to the tops and bottoms of traditional typefaces, such as Times Roman
  • A small line or embellishment finishing off the strokes of letters in some fonts. Well-known serif fonts include Souvenir, Times Roman and Garamond.
  • A type of Font, e.g. Times News Roman, that is characterised by the presence of cross-lines (twiddly bits) on the ends of its letters and symbols. See Sans Serif.
  • Font characters in a type face that contains the short cross or spiral like terminals at the end of the stroke. An example of a serif font is Times Roman, the font used to set many newspapers.
  • An extra projection from the main stroke of letters in certain type faces.
  • Fonts are fonts with little hooks ( called serifs ) on the ends of the font. the serifs usually help make the font more readable. ...
  • A flaring foot drawn on one or both sides of the terminal of a stroke, most often found around the baseline and cap line of a line of type; also the classification of any typeface which incorporates this feature into its design (oppose sans-serif).