sans serif

American

[sanz] / sænz /

noun

Printing.

a style of monotonal type without serifs.

sans serif British

/ sænˈsɛrɪf /

noun

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

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sans-serif

adjective

Etymology

Origin of sans serif

First recorded in 1820–30

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