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Short horizontal lines added to the tops and bottoms of traditional typefaces, such as Times Roman. Contrast with sans-serif.
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The names of the buildings are in a serif face, probably Times, at the bottom right-hand corner of each image.
So close to their chests by Lyall, Sutherland / The Architectural Review
Potter excels at bustling street scenes showing reveling Londoners of all classes; the typeface, Olduvai Regular, parades along with serifs looking both fancifully old-fashioned and down-to-earth.
Margaret Hodges, reteller: Dick Whittington and His Cat by Bloom, Susan P. / The Horn Book Magazine
We've set the body matter in an elegant serif face, say, Garamond (see figure 6, p.
Type & Layout: Are You Communicating or Just Making Pretty Shapes by Hupalo, Peter / Reviewer's Bookwatch
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