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sans serif

American  
[sanz] / sænz /

noun

Printing.
  1. a style of monotonal type without serifs.


sans serif British  
/ sænˈsɛrɪf /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of sans serif

First recorded in 1820–30

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

From BBC Mar. 31, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 2, 2025

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

From Washington Post Feb. 2, 2023

Calibri chops off the limbs in what is known as a sans serif font.

From New York Times Jan. 19, 2023

Occupied by the British in June, 1900, the available South African Republic stamps having the Dutch name overprinted "Cancelled" and the addition of the sans serif letters, separated by hyphens "V-R-I." in blue and red.

From The Postage Stamp in War by Fred. J. Melville

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