What is a serif font?

Using fonts with serifs is helpful for advanced readers because serifs

• help guide a reader's eyes in a straight line, and
• can speed up reading for a fluent reader.

A serif font is a type of font with short, light lines or curves called serifs projecting from the top or bottom of a mainstroke of a letter.

Here is an example of a serif font:

• Serif font

• What is a sanserif font?

• Concept module: serif font
• In overview module: Glossary (Literacy): S
• In modular book: Glossary of literacy terms
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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