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PEANO
STROKES
BRACKETED
BRACKET
BRACKETING
VERTICAL LINE
SLAB SERIFS
SLAB SERIF
FONTS
HELVETICA
SANS-SERIF
SERIF
TYPEFACES
TYPEFACE
SERIFS
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  1. Cajori, however, shows that Peano used before Russell and Whitehead (whose backwards E had serifs, unlike Peano's). (Web site)

Strokes Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. In typography, serifs are non-structural details on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and symbols.

Bracketed Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The Clarendons or Ionics are an offspring of the slab serif typefaces in which the serifs are bracketed.

Bracket Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Slab serif typefaces generally have no bracket (feature connecting the strokes to the serifs).
  2. Serifs tend to be as thick as the vertical lines themselves and usually have no bracket. Move Up

Bracketing Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The most common slab serif typefaces have no bracketing and evenly weighted stems and serifs.

Vertical Line Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. For example, the dot on the letter ``i'' is a glyph, as is the vertical line, as are the serifs. (Web site)

Slab Serifs Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Clarendon typefaces, unlike other slab serifs, have some bracketing.
  2. There are actually three kinds of Slab Serif types faces: slab serifs, Clarendons, and typewriter types. Move Up

Slab Serif Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Interestingly, sans serifs, easily distinguished now by their lack of serifs, at first resembled nothing so much as a slab serif.

Fonts Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Fonts without serifs are called sans serif. (Web site)
  2. Serif fonts are usually considered more readable than fonts without serifs. (Web site) Move Up

Helvetica Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Now sans-serif fonts (Arial, Helvetica, Verdana) are gaining space and some may feel these fonts provide a more modern look, because of their lack of serifs. (Web site)

Sans-Serif Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Shaston has serifs, while Helvetica is sans-serif. (Web site)

Serif Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Slab serifs, or Egyptian serifs, have visually square serifs such that the thickness of the serif is about equal to its extension from the main stroke.

Typefaces Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Typefaces are often described as being serif or sans serif (without serifs).
  2. Gothic - typefaces with no serifs and broad even strokes. (Web site) Move Up
  3. I wasn't aware of the names of the various types of serifs in typefaces, so thats pretty neat to find that out. (Web site) Move Up

Typeface Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Sans serif - a typeface that has no serifs (small strokes at the end of main stroke of the character). (Web site)

Serifs Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The printing industry refers to typeface without serifs as sans-serif (from French sans: "without"), or as grotesque (or, in German, grotesk).
  2. The printing industry refers to typeface without serifs as sans serif (from French sans: "without"), or as grotesque (or, in German, grotesk). Move Up
  3. S Sans serif typeface: a typeface that has no serifs, such as Helvetica or Swiss. Move Up

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  1. Typeface
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  4. Documents > Printing > Typefaces > Sans-Serif Move Up
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