serif
A short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces, such as Times New…A short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces, such as Times New Roman.
Meaning
1 sensesA short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces, such as Times New Roman.
Serife
засе́чкаzaséčka, подсе́чкаpodséčka, отсе́чкаotséčka
зарубкаzarubka
a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character
Examples
2 sentencesSerif fonts are prettier, but sans-serif fonts are easier to read.
I'm looking for a Unicode serif font.
Translations
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Origin
From earlier ceriph, seriph, surryph, of obscure derivation. There are two (not directly iFrom earlier ceriph, seriph, surryph, of obscure derivation. There are two (not directly interrelated) candidates for a possible Dutch origin: 1.) the noun schreef (“stroke”, now also “serif” as a semantic loan), related with schrapen (“to scrape”); and 2.) the verb schrafferen (“to provide with horizontal lines, to shade”), from Italian sgraffiare. For the latter, compare German Schraffe (“serif”), although this again may be a semantic loan based on the English word rather than original to it. Alternatively, from Late Latin cerificus (“waxen”), from Latin cera (“wax”), after the ruled lines used in writing on wax tablets.
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Forms
plural: serifsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character:seriph