Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Serif

and Sanserif. The former is a letter in typography with the “wings” or finishing-strokes (as T); the latter is without the finishing-strokes (as T).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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