SERIF


Meaning of SERIF in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈser-əf ]

noun

Etymology: probably from Dutch schreef stroke, line, from Middle Dutch, from schriven to write, from Latin scribere — more at scribe

Date: 1841

: any of the short lines stemming from and at an angle to the upper and lower ends of the strokes of a letter

• ser·ifed or ser·iffed -əft adjective

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