sanserif Typog.
(sænˈsɛrɪf)
Also sans serif, sansserif(f, -surryph, -ceriph.
[Prob. f. sans prep. + serif (q.v.).
The word serif, however, has not hitherto been found till much later than the first appearance of sanserif, and it has been suggested that it may have been evolved from the supposed compound.]
A form of type without serifs: called also grotesque. Also attrib. Cf. ceriph.
| 1830 Figgins's Spec. Printing Types, 8 Lines Pica San-Serif. 1832 Blake & Stephenson's Spec. Printing Types, Ten Lines Sans-Surryphs. 1879 Print. Trades Jrnl. xxvi. 23 Calendars, occupying half the space set in sans-seriff figures looking twice as bold. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 699/1 Sanserifs or grotesques, which have no serifs, as M. 1903 N. & Q. 23 May 418 His initials G. M., written in sanserif characters. 1961 Guardian 17 June 14/6, I saw a..truck bearing in white sans serif capitals the name Fay Improvement Company. 1970 Brit. Printer July 77/2 Bold sans serifs have remained popular on posters up to the present day. 1976 Visible Language X. 88 Sans serif, to him, was the best, if not the only kind of type suitable for the modern world. |