serif
noun/ˈserɪf/
/ˈserɪf/
- a short line at the top or bottom of some styles of printed letters
- a serif typeface
Word Originmid 19th cent.: perhaps from Dutch schreef ‘dash, line’, of Germanic origin.Definitions on the go
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