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: any of the short lines stemming from and at an angle to the upper and lower ends of the strokes of a letter
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Keough weaves both voices together in a dual narrative demarcated by type: Lisa Marie’s words are in a serif font, and her own are sans serif.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
From tiny, barely visible lines and dots to serif and non-serif typography, from depth ratings in meters vs. feet to crown guards that look like avian beaks, the world of vintage Rolex is positively filled with quirky idiosyncrasies that can be difficult to parse, let alone memorize.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 4 July 2024
John Everett Benson, a stone carver whose lapidary inscriptions mark the grave of President John F. Kennedy and sites including the National Gallery of Art, conferring elegant permanence and permanent elegance with their stately strokes and serifs, died June 13 in Newport, R.I.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
By the register were notebooks made to look like classic book covers designed by the German publisher Suhrkamp Verlag—stark, with serif text.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
From tiny, barely visible lines and dots to serif and non-serif typography, from depth ratings in meters vs. feet to crown guards that look like avian beaks, the world of vintage Rolex is positively filled with quirky idiosyncrasies that can be difficult to parse, let alone memorize.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 4 July 2024
John Everett Benson, a stone carver whose lapidary inscriptions mark the grave of President John F. Kennedy and sites including the National Gallery of Art, conferring elegant permanence and permanent elegance with their stately strokes and serifs, died June 13 in Newport, R.I.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
By the register were notebooks made to look like classic book covers designed by the German publisher Suhrkamp Verlag—stark, with serif text.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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“Serif.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serif. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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serif
noun
ser·if
ˈser-əf 
: any of the short lines crossing the upper and lower ends of the strokes of a printed letter
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