Plural of serif

regular plural

The plural of serif is serifs.

Forms of serif

The hickeys (serifs) on each letter tend to push our eye toward the next letter.2018, Paul W. Ross, Revival: The Handbook of Software for Engineers and Scientists
Serifs are a regular feature of letters in both the Getty and the PFayum 4 papyrus fragments.1993, Studia Varia from the J. Paul Getty Museum, →ISBN, page 96, →ISBN. From the entry upsila
This threshold of expectations is promptly forgotten in the RGB world of in-game tactical menus in web-friendly, tightly-kerned sans serifs.2013 August 28, Colin Snyder, “'The Bureau: XCOM Declassified' Is the Sears Roebuck Catalog of Alien-Invasion Period Shooters”, in VICE…. From the entry RGB
Sharp diagonal serifs are applied to the heads of ascenders, notably d and tall s, which acquires a loop in the process.1990, Michelle P. Brown, A guide to Western historical scripts from antiquity to 1600, University of Toronto Press, page 120. From the entry tall s
Upsila, similarly formed in all, are decorated with serifs on the base of the vertical stroke at PFayum 4.11, Getty recto line 1, and Getty verso line 7.1993, Studia Varia from the J. Paul Getty Museum, →ISBN, page 96, →ISBN. From the entry upsila

noun A short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces, such as Times New Roman.
adjective Of a typeface, provided with serifs.

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