A serif is a small ornamental mark at the ends of a letter Serifs have many variations, such as hairline, slab and wedge Serifs originated as the points at which Roman stonecutters inserted their chisels into the stone Serifs can be seen on typefaces such as Times New Roman
Small protusion, not in itself distinguishing two characters, at the end of a stroke of a writing instrument Historical origin was in the brush strokes traced to guide Roman inscription carvers It subsequently served to strengthen the edges of characters in printing type
The fine lines stemming from and at an angle to the upper and lower ends of the main strokes of a letterfor example, the little feet on the bottom of the vertical strokes in the uppercase letter M in Times Roman typeface
Any of the short lines or ornaments at the upper or lower ends of the strokes that form a character in a typeface Also, a typeface whose characters contain serifs See also sans serif
A cross-stroke at the end of a stem or terminal in a character The class of typefaces with serifs Examples are Times, Bodoni, Georgia and Souvenir Also sometimes called "roman", although roman is more correctly used to describe type that is neither italic nor bold (see above)
A font type where lines extend from the tops (called ascenders, as in the stem of the letter "d") and from the bases (called descenders, as in the stem of the letter "p") of certain letters
Serifs are the short lines at the ends of the main strokes of letters in many type styles, and styles which have serifs are called serif styles The short horizontal lines at the top and bottom of a a capital I are serifs In most graphical and text browsers this sentence will appear in a serif font Serif styles are traditional and are consider more legible by many people
Serifs are the little extra strokes found at the end of main vertical and horizontal strokes of some letterforms Some are subtle and others may be quite pronounced and obvious An example of a serif typeface is Times New Roman
A style of typeface that has "little feet " Common serif typefaces include Times Roman, Garamond, and Palatino The following graphic image shows serif typefaces