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serif

[ UK /sˈɛɹɪf/ ]
NOUN
  1. a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character

How To Use serif In A Sentence

  • A serif face would have been gentler on the eyes, although it would have probably taken more space.
  • Passeriformes is divided into two suborders; most of these birds are Passerii, oscine songbirds.
  • In typography, a slab serif (also called mechanistic, square serif or Egyptian) typeface is a type of serif typeface characterized by thick, block-like serifs. Teddy-risation™
  • On the other hand, I'm quite up for sans-serif body text on screen, thinking that such a low resolution doesn't do justice to serifs.
  • The font used on the cover and throughout the book is a serif font with distinctive, thick slab ends - a kind of conservative font appropriate for a school textbook.
  • The serifs, though distracting to a small minority, allow the reader to glance over words at an alarming pace.
  • Making use of the whiteboards that were ubiquitous in the hallways and conference rooms in the Googleplex, he scrawled the phrase over and over in his distinct calligraphic style, a sans-serif, Tolkien-esque script. In the Plex
  • For example, the Piciformes are in the superorder Ciconii, whereas the Passeriformes are in the superorder Passeri; likewise, the Anseriformes are in the Ciconii, whereas the Galliformes are in the Passeri.
  • The original version had serif numbering, although the typeface was later changed to a sans-serif style.
  • If you're wondering why designers didn't anticipate this problem by simply designing fonts with larger x-heights and blobby serifs, you are not alone: you stand together with Tony Stan, designer of ITC Garamond.
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