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In Typography , a sans-serif or '''sans serif''' Typeface is one that does not have the small features called " Serif s" at the end of strokes. The term comes from the French word ''sans'' (meaning "without"), so the term literally means "without serifs." Sans-serif fonts are typically suited for headlines but not for body text. Serifs help guide the eye along the line; the lack of serifs makes sans-serif fonts harder to read in large blocks of text. When read on a computer monitor, however, pixelation makes sans-serif fonts look cleaner than serif fonts, leading to their widespread use for body text on-screen. Before the term “sans-serif” became standard in English typography, a number of other terms had been used. One of these outmoded terms for sans serif is Gothic , which is still used in Japanese typography and sometimes seen in font names like “New Century Gothic”. Sans-serif fonts are sometimes, especially in older books, used as a device for Emphasis , due to their typically blacker Type Color . CLASSIFICATION For the purposes of type classification sans-serif designs broadly divide into four major groups:
Other commonly-used sans-serif fonts include Optima , Tahoma and Verdana . Note that in some sans-serif fonts I (capital-i) and l (lowercase-L) appear exactly identical. (Arial: Il) Verdana, however, keeps them distinct: Il due to the fact that Verdana's capital-i, as an exception, ''has'' serifs. SEE ALSO |
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