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).
The former is a letter in typography with the “wings” or finishing-strokes (as T); the latter is without the finishing-strokes (as T).
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.