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- noun Plural form of
serif .
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Examples
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Garfield's book is a tale of serifs and sans serifs, which is to say it's a tale of tails -- letters that have appendages poking out from the basic lines and sometimes curling away from them as differentiated from tail-less letters.
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Simon Garfield's Enthralling Just My Type, Christopher Johnson's Less Than Enthralling Microstyle David Finkle 2011
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The thing about serifs is that they allow letters to blend together to form pictures of words more effectively.
Font Rage « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2006
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There was another peculiarity: the capital letter C was invariably made with two "serifs" -- thus, C-- and for a long time I invariably read them as G's.
Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men Eliezer Edwards 1853
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In his apartment overlooking the fishing docks of Portland, Maine, Mike Parker was putting the final touches to a font, thinning a few obstinate serifs and thickening some delicate stems.
The history of the Times New Roman typeface The Nag 2009
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Nicholson Baker is quoted as stating: "You need the sentences to look their worst until the dress rehearsal of the galleys, when all the serifs come out dancing".
Miscellaneous Maxine 2009
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Remnants of the underdigit 4 are clearly visible beneath the 7, including serifs and crossbar.
Look What I Dug Up! 1817/4 Half Dollar : Coin Collecting News 2009
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I was always told that faces with serifs are easier to read in large quantities.
For font bores strictly « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2008
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The fireball has a wavery balloon and rounded lettering with long serifs.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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After the book's chapter 4, she's the only human character whose oval balloons are hand-drawn, and her words appear in a different font, with more variations in stroke thickness and a hint of serifs.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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Sans serifs were mostly used for big signage, and on the carriages, letters were painted in a style appropriate to the carriage design.
Parisine - Anil Dash 2008
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