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The OED speculates that 'serif' was a back-formation from 'sanserif'. Webster's Third New International Dictionary traces 'serif' to the Dutch noun schreef, meaning "line, stroke of the pen", related to the verb schrappen, "to delete, strike through" ('schreef' now also means "serif" in Dutch). Yet, schreef is the past tense of schrijven (to write
This list of samples of serif typefaces details standard serif fonts used in printing, classical typesetting and printing. List of samples
Georgia Ref (also distributed under the name "MS Reference Serif," extension of the Georgia typeface) Gulim/New Gulim and Dotum, rounded sans-serif and non-rounded sans-serif respectively, (distributed with Microsoft Office 2000. wide range of CJK (Korean) characters. 49,284 glyphs in v3.10.)
People in some parts of Europe extend this stroke nearly the whole distance to the baseline. It is sometimes written with a horizontal serif at the base; without the serif it can resemble the shape of the numeral 7, which has a near-vertical stroke without a crossbar, and a shorter horizontal top stroke. This numeral is often written as a plain ...
Use italics when writing about words as words, or letters as letters (to indicate the use–mention distinction). Examples: The term panning is derived from panorama, which was coined in 1787. Deuce means 'two'. (Linguistic glosses go in single quotation marks.) The most common letter in English is e.
Aptos, originally named Bierstadt, is a sans-serif typeface in the neo-grotesque style developed by Steve Matteson. [3] It was released in 2023 as the new default font for the Microsoft Office suite, replacing the previously used Calibri font.
Sample of MingLiU(細明體), monospaced font for Latin characters. Sample of PMingLiU(新細明體), proportional font for Latin characters. Sample of SimSun (中易宋体), monospaced font for Latin characters. Sample of I.Ming (一點明體) Sample of KingHwa OldSong (京華老宋体)
A sample of the typeface Rockwell, a slab serif face based on the geometric model. A sample of the typeface Courier, a slab serif face based on strike-on typewriting faces. Slab serif lettering and typefaces appeared rapidly in the early nineteenth century, having little in common with previous letterforms.