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serif Typogr.|ˈsɛrɪf|
Also seriff; (formerly) ceriph, seriph, -yph, surryph: see sanserif.
[Of obscure origin.]
One of the fine cross-strokes at the top and bottom of a letter. Also used loosely as in quot. 1894. Hence ˈserifed, seriffed a.
1841Savage Dict. Printing 163 The fine lines, and the cross strokes at the tops and bottoms of letters, are termed by the letter founders ceriphs. 1869N. & Q. Ser. iv. III. 381 The word serif, used by printers and type-founders. 1885De Vinne in Trans. Grolier Club i. 36 The bracketed serifs of Van Dyke and Garamond. 1894Kipling in My First Bk. 94 Even a Hindoo does not like to find the serifs of his f's cut away to make long s's. 1936Geogr. Jrnl. LXXXVII. 571 Any criticism..should be directed towards the lettering, particularly to the large serifed capitals indicating principal settlements. 1957S. Morison Aspects of Authority & Freedom 12 It is not impossible that seriffed letters were considered more suitable for a revered text than unseriffed ones. 1980B. Crutchley To be Printer 134 Hence the danger that seriffed forms will be passed over when they could do a job as well or better and at the same time enhance our aesthetic enjoyment. |