sans serif

See also: sans-serif

English

A serif font and a sans serif one.

Alternative forms

• sanserif, sans-serif

Etymology

From sans +‎ serif.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsæn ˈsɛɹɪf/, /ˈsænz ˈsɛɹɪf/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

sans serif (plural sans serifs)

1. (typography) A typeface in which the characters do not have serifs.

   Antonym: serif

Adjective

sans serif (not comparable)

1. (typography) Of a typeface, without serifs.

   Synonyms: serifless, nonserif

   • 2008, Clay Shirky, Gin, Television, and Cognitive Surplus‎^[1]:

     If you have some sans-serif fonts on your computer, you can play this game, too.

Translations

without serifs

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Assamese: অনাচেৰিফ (onaseriph), অনা-চেৰিফ (ona-seriph)
• Catalan: pal sec
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無襯線字體／无衬线字体 (zh) (wú chènxiàn zìtǐ), 黑體／黑体 (zh) (hēitǐ)

• Czech: bezpatkový m
• Dutch: schreefloos (nl)
• Finnish: päätteetön, sans-serif (fi), groteski (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: serifenlos (de)
• Hungarian: talpatlan, groteszk (hu)
• Japanese: サンセリフ (ja) (sanserifu)
• Korean: 산세리프 (sanseripeu)
• Macedonian: бессе́рифен (bessérifen)
• Polish: bezszeryfowy (pl)
• Portuguese: sem serifa
• Russian: без засе́чек (bez zaséček)
• Spanish: palo seco (es), paloseco (es)

See also

• Gill Sans
• slab serif

Anagrams

• sanserifs