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  • 41sans serif — /sanz ser if/, adj. /sanz/, Print. a style of monotonal type without serifs. [1820 30] * * * ▪ typeface       in printing, a style of roman letter stripped of its serif i.e., such embellishments as the vertical line at the end of the top right… …

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  • 42sans serif — 1. noun /sæn.sɛɹɪf,sænz.sɛɹɪf/ A typeface in which the characters do not have serifs. Ant: serif 2. adjective /sæn.sɛɹɪf,sænz.sɛɹɪf/ Of a typeface, without serifs. If you have some sans serif fonts on your computer, you can play this game, too …

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  • 43Web typography — Web fonts allow Web designers to use fonts that are not installed on the viewer s computer. Web typography refers to the use of fonts on the World Wide Web. When HTML was first created, font faces and styles were controlled exclusively by the… …

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  • 44Ming (typefaces) — A page from a Ming Dynasty edition of the Book of Qi Chinese characters …

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  • 45sans serif — [san sɛrɪf] (also sanserif) Printing noun a style of type without serifs. adjective without serifs. Origin C19: appar. from Fr. sans without + serif …

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  • 46sanserif — n. & adj. (also sans serif) Printing n. a form of type without serifs. adj. without serifs. Etymology: app. f. SANS + SERIF …

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  • 47old style — noun Date: 1617 1. capitalized O&S a style of reckoning time used before the adoption of the Gregorian calendar 2. a style of type distinguished by graceful irregularity among individual letters, bracketed serifs, and but slight contrast between… …

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  • 48sans serif — or sanserif noun Etymology: probably from sans + modification of Dutch schreef stroke more at serif Date: 1830 a letter or typeface with no serifs …

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  • 49Egyptian — I. adjective Date: 14th century of, relating to, or characteristic of Egypt or the Egyptians II. noun Date: 14th century 1. a native or inhabitant of Egypt 2. the Afro Asiatic language of the ancient Egyptians from earliest times to about the… …

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  • 50modern — I. adjective Etymology: Late Latin modernus, from Latin modo just now, from modus measure more at mete Date: 1585 1. a. of, relating to, or characteristic of the present or the immediate past ; contemporary b. of, relating to, or characteristic… …

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