Block lettering without the little lines highlighting the termination of the lines that comprise the individual letters. Sans is French language for "without".
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.
sans serif
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arial helvetica
.offer { color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; }
Agency is a sans serif font.
<font face="sans serif">font</face font>
<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.
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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.
"Sans" means "without." Serif is the little unnecessary lines in computer text that makes the font look more fancy. Sans-serif is therefore without those lines, so it's very simple text like this font which you are reading right now.
Sans Serif
No, you would use a sans-serif font when you want to avoid associating a specific font style with a design. Sans-serif fonts are more neutral and do not have the embellishments that can give a serif font a distinct personality or association.
The circumstances one would use sans serif font would be if they are making a flyer or large banner. Reason being sans serif font is used for large title headings, not body text.
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sans serif