Well, a serif is some letters with some hats and feets on them so if you say A at the top of the A their will be a hat or a line for example and at the two lines at the bottom their will be some feets, so it's like hats & feets.! They Invented this in Greece I think to make the writting a little fancy..!!! =D And, Sans Serif is opposite the description above, it's letters without any hats & feets..so it's Bascically Plain .. :)..Hope This Helped.
The serif refers to what looks like "tails" on some of the characters. They generally lead to readability over a period of time with less strain. The Words at the upper left, "Answers.com" are a...
The term "Serif" refers to fonts which have little flourishes or "tails" at the end of each letter. As "Sans" is Latin for "without," Sans Serif fonts are basic and lack these flourishes. For...
Serif fonts have small lines or'tails' on the ends of each character..
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Sans serif fonts do not have the serifs, small lines or 'tails', the characters are straight up and down.
Serif fonts have...
A serif font has those little :tails" at the end of the letters that make it more readable for extended periods. San-serif would be like Arial and the like.
Serifs are the small extensions at the ends of letters like L and T. 'Sans' means without.Thus, a serif typeface has these small markings. A sans serif does not.