sans serif

[sanz]

noun

Printing.

1. a style of monotonal type without serifs.

sans serif

/ sænˈsɛrɪf /

noun

1. a style of printer's typeface in which the characters have no serifs

Other Word Forms

• sans-serif adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sans serif¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

Its name is a pun on the sans serif group of typefaces, and the island was depicted as being shaped like a semi-colon.

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Frosted windows on doors with the old-school gold sans serif font long used by county departments.

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This time she wrote her messages in a childlike sans serif that a designer friend of the artist later turned into a custom font, for more efficient printing.

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The big divide in the world of typeface is between serif, or letters with small lines or tails attached to their edges, and sans serif, letters without those lines that have a smoother look.

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Homes around it got fresh paint, sans serif house numbers and were flipped for $1 million and more.

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