: Serifs are stylistic embellishments, comprised of small lines appended to the end of a stroke in a letter/symbol. These embellishments are utilized by the font, typically for distinction. Serif

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Serifs are stylistic embellishments, comprised of small lines appended to the end of a stroke in a letter/symbol. These embellishments are utilized by the font, typically for distinction. Serif fonts, aka Serif typefaces, are thus fonts that have stylistic small-lines following strokes in the typeface.

Serif literally means "with feet" in Latin, so when applied to typography, the small-lines appended after strokes are "little feet".

Sans-Serif fonts, the arch-nemesis of Serif fonts, literally means "without feet" in Latin.

See also sans-serif

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