Serifs

Garfield's book is a tale of serifs and sans serifs, which is to say it's a tale of tails -- letters that have appendages poking out from the basic lines and sometimes curling away from them as differentiated from tail-less letters. ❋ David Finkle (2011)

The thing about serifs is that they allow letters to blend together to form pictures of words more effectively. ❋ Unknown (2006)

There was another peculiarity: the capital letter C was invariably made with two "serifs" -- thus, C-- and for a long time I invariably read them as G's. ❋ Eliezer Edwards (1853)

Nicholson Baker is quoted as stating: "You need the sentences to look their worst until the dress rehearsal of the galleys, when all the serifs come out dancing". ❋ Maxine (2009)

Remnants of the underdigit 4 are clearly visible beneath the 7, including serifs and crossbar. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In his apartment overlooking the fishing docks of Portland, Maine, Mike Parker was putting the final touches to a font, thinning a few obstinate serifs and thickening some delicate stems. ❋ The Nag (2009)

I remember all those funky, flourishing serifs in early 1970s typography. . . ❋ Flavia (2010)

The type had a personality of its own, the friendly roundness of the official MTA lettering; the imperious serifs and thin stalks of the ad above it, advertising expensive beer, or cider, something. ❋ Kirsten Tranter (2010)

The fireball has a wavery balloon and rounded lettering with long serifs. ❋ Unknown (2008)

After the book's chapter 4, she's the only human character whose oval balloons are hand-drawn, and her words appear in a different font, with more variations in stroke thickness and a hint of serifs. ❋ Unknown (2008)

When I look back and see the sign he's holding up, I notice that he's given the thick, marker - pen letters on the cardboard flamboyant serifs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I do love fonts with serifs, however, with all their squiggles, leaps and swirls. ❋ Fresca (2010)

I was always told that faces with serifs are easier to read in large quantities. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Its clean lines are sans-serif without the serifs--the little tails on letters. ❋ Fresca (2010)

I'll change it back later, as I think it's hard to read lots of text without serifs. ❋ Fresca (2010)

Sans serifs were mostly used for big signage, and on the carriages, letters were painted in a style appropriate to the carriage design. ❋ Unknown (2008)

On the second thought, sans-serifs of BIGOT do not match with Times-Roman above it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Deliquesce over serifs and sans, x-heights and bowls, and every kind of type from Grotesks to Fat Faces. ❋ Unknown (2007)