Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A printing-type without serifs, or finishing cross-lines at the ends of main strokes. See
serif , and Gothic, n., 3.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
sans serif .
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Examples
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Coleman said it would behoove Wazzu to revert to a traditional sans-serif font.
How Fashionable Is Your College Team? Jared Diamond 2011
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What is the difference between serif and sans-serif fonts?
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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 Steven Levy 2011
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They countered with the prosaically named Standard Medium—like Helvetica, a sans-serif font, but less refined, based as it was on older 19th-century models.
When in Helvetica Michael Bierut 2011
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To stick with the font-family example, if you want everything on the page to be in a sans-serif font except the headings, you can add a rule after the rule above with a group selector for headings.
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Therefore, with the arrival of a new month, I decided to shift to using a sans-serif, proportionally-spaced font, as this template originally called for.
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Tedious graphic design types are always quacking on about Josef-Müller Brockmann et al but frankly those tasteful Swiss types are a bit of a one-trick sans-serif pony.
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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 Steven Levy 2011
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Therefore, with the arrival of a new month, I decided to shift to using a sans-serif, proportionally-spaced font, as this template originally called for.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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As it was rolled out in more stations, commuters became familiar with the sans-serif lettering and color-coded disks that identified the different subway lines.
When in Helvetica Michael Bierut 2011
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