serif
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of serif
1835–45; perhaps < Dutch schreef line (in writing), akin to schrijven to write
Vocabulary lists containing serif
Example Sentences
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Serif had spent decades in typeface oblivion as startups, luxury brands and food companies adopted blocky letters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
Compared to Sustainable Serif at 12 point size, “for Garamond to have the same size of the letter, it has to be scaled up to 15.2 point size,” Mr Stobberup says.
From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024
Serif fonts “have an extra flourish that makes it look pretty for many people, but can clutter what is on the page,” Ms. Abercrombie-Winstanley said in an interview, echoing the dominant thinking among researchers.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023
The new Posé is a slimline take on Samsung’s Serif; it comes in 42-inch, 48-inch, and 55-inch screen sizes and launches in the third quarter of 2022, starting in Europe.
From The Verge • Jun. 3, 2022
Serif fonts included the traditional script fonts familiar on homes all over town, many of them dating back to the original construction of many North Arlington homes in the 1940s and 1950s.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2020
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