The serif refers to what looks like "tails" on some of the characters. They generally lead to readability over a period of time with less strain. The Words at the upper left, "Answers.com" are a serif font and most others are sans-serif.
Times New Roman is a popular serif font. Arial is a popular san-serif font (which means without serif.)
Serif fonts have little "tails" on the letters to make extended reading less tiresome.
Serif font has structural details on each of the letters. When you look at Times New Roman, you can see that the bottoms of the letters create points. The font on this answer is Sans-Serif, sans means "without", so sans-serif means without serif. The type on this answer is sans-serif because there is no added structure to the letters, all of them are rounded on the ends. You can see the difference in Word.
wrong category (word 2010 in css?!), but: serif = fonts with small "hooks" on the letters (e.g. times new roman) sans serif = plain fonts with no "hooks" (e.g. arial, verdana)
Agency is a sans serif font.
=== === === === Sans serif fonts do not have the serifs, small lines or 'tails', the characters are straight up and down. === === === === Sans serif fonts do not have the serifs, small lines or 'tails', the characters are straight up and down.
Serifs are differently styled extensions that come out from the open ends and corners of the letters. Sans, or sans serif, which is French for without serifs, don't have those extensions. Sans serifs are also called gothics. Google in those terms to see some example images.
MS Sans Serif was created in 1997.
Serif and sans-serif refer to styles of fonts. A serif is a stylistic embellishment -- or fancy piece -- so serif fonts are fonts that have extra pieces while sans-serif (sans meaning without) are fonts that don't.To see examples of the difference, you can take a look at the fonts on your computer, Times New Roman (with the tiny lines on the top and bottom of the upper-case "i" so that it doesn't look like an lower-case "L") is a serif font, while Arial is a sans-serif font.Because the brain reads serif fonts more quickly, most novels are written in serif fonts and textbooks in sans-serif.
serif.
<font face="Sans-Serif">this is what it looks like</font>
No, sans serif is a generic description of a font without any serifs. The Web site that you're reading is probably in a sans serif font, while when you read a newspaper, you're probably reading a serif font.
The kind of font you see here is a sans serif (sans = without; serif= flourish, embellishment). The white letters on blue background forming the logotype Answers at the top of this page are a serif font, most everything else is sans serif on this page. Time New Roman is a typical and common serif font. Arial is a sans serif font.