I told you I’d be writing more frequently! I even intend to get back to work on my digital photography series soon. Today we’re going to look at the differences between serif and sans-serif fonts. We’ve got a lot of work to do, so let’s get started.
What the heck does serif mean?
I dislike French as much as the next guy, but we’ll get into it real quick here. The actual meaning of the word ’serif’ is uncertain. Some people think it means ‘line’ or ’stroke’ since that’s what it basically is. ‘Sans’ comes from the French and means ‘without’. Basically, serifs are little lines or strokes in the letter-form that really don’t need to be there. Serifs are added to letter-forms for decoration or to increase readability. That means a sans-serif font is a font without those things. Read More
I haven’t been posting here much, as you may have noticed. See, I’ve wanted to do a large, combined post on good fonts and how to use them. The project seemed to get bigger and bigger as I added more fonts; it got to where just the thought of the project made me not want to write.
You probably weren’t going to do this because you’re a bum, or rather you don’t fancy looking like a bum. Not wanting to look like a bum for a cause this cool makes you a bum in my book, anyway, though. It’s okay, though, I’m not going to publish my book.
Guess What It Is!
Yup, it’s that time again! I haven’t done one in a while. Guessing will end Thursday (12/17), at noon Eastern. That’s also when I’m planning on revealing the answer.
Check out the Page of Winners to see our previous winners, and to find out what’s been done already.
Have fun!