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serif
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun serif has 1 sense
- serif(n = noun.communication) seriph - a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character; Array is a kind of line
OXFORD DICTIONARY
serif, n. a slight projection finishing off a stroke of a letter as in T contrasted with T! (cf. SANSERIF).
Derivative
seriffed adj.
Etymology
perh. f. Du. schreef dash, line f. Gmc
ROGET THESAURUS
serif
Printing
N printing, block printing, type-printing, plate printing, (engraving), the press, composition, print, letterpress, text, context, note, page, column, typography, stereotype, electrotype, aprotype, type, black letter, font, fount, pi, pie, capitals, brevier, bourgeois, pica boldface, capitals, caps, catchword, composing-frame, composing room, composing rule, composing stand, composing stick, italics, justification, linotype, live matter, logotype, lower case, upper case, make-up, matrix, matter, monotype, 4-1/2 point, 5 point, 5-1/2 point, 6 point, 7 point, 8 point, press room, press work, reglet, roman, running head, running title, scale, serif, shank, sheet work, shoulder, signature, slug, underlay, folio, copy, impression, pull, proof, revise, author's proof, galley proof, press proof, press revise, printer, compositor, reader, printer's devil copyholder, printed, in type, typographical, solid in galleys.
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