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This list of samples of serif typefaces details standard serif fonts used in printing, ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
Sans-serif typefaces have become the most prevalent for display of text on computer screens. On lower-resolution digital displays, fine details like serifs may disappear or appear too large. The term comes from the French word sans, meaning "without" and "serif" of uncertain origin, possibly from the Dutch word schreef meaning "line" or pen ...
Slab serif fonts vary considerably: some such as Rockwell have a geometric design with minimal variation in stroke width—they are sometimes described as sans-serif fonts with added serifs. Others such as those of the "Clarendon" model have a structure more like most other serif fonts, though with larger and more obvious serifs.
Courier New is the safest choice as it is the only monospaced font that is guaranteed to look the same on both Windows and Mac. However, Courier and Courier New are serif fonts, and sans-serif monospaced fonts are typically used for coding. That leaves Menlo and Consolas as the only sans-serif coding fonts.
Rockwell is a slab serif typeface designed by the Monotype Corporation and released in 1934. [1] [2] The project was supervised by Monotype's engineering manager Frank Hinman Pierpont. This typeface is distinguished by a serif at the apex of the uppercase A, while the lowercase a has two storeys.
Linux Libertine is a proportional serif typeface inspired by 19th century book type and is intended as a replacement for the Times font family. [ 1 ] The typeface has five styles: regular, bold, italic, bold italic, and small capitals, all of which are available in TrueType and OpenType format, as well as in source code .
Compressing a font design to a condensed weight is a complex task, requiring the strokes to be slimmed down proportionally and often making the capitals straight-sided. [a] [11] It is particularly common to see condensed fonts for sans-serif and slab-serif families, since it is relatively practical to modify their structure to a condensed ...
Perpetua is a serif typeface that was designed by the English sculptor and stonemason Eric Gill for the British Monotype Corporation.Perpetua was commissioned at the request of Stanley Morison, an influential historian of printing and adviser to Monotype around 1925, when Gill's reputation as a leading artist-craftsman was high. [1]