Observe especially the excess in length of the ascenders over the descenders, and that the serifs have been reduced to the minimum.
These illusions are caused by the failure of certain letters to impinge squarely with determining serifs against the demarking top and bottom guide lines.
Serifs were added to the ends of the thick lines either for the sake of uniformity, or may have been suggested by the chisel-marked guide lines themselves.
This may be shown, for example, by an attempt to carve a quite simple Incised letter with no Serifs and with all the strokes equally thick.
A very interesting and beautiful effect may be obtained by delicately curving down the upper serifs on the left (like thin beaks).
Stick to definite pen strokes, and preserve the definite shapes and the uniformity of the serifs (p.
A more highly finished type of pen-made Roman Capital may be made by blending the serifs and stems (d, p.
In many cases the serifs appear to have been written first, the stems being added between them (f, fig.
The letters may with advantage be cut a little deeper towards the Serifs (see fig.
Serifs are necessary to prevent irradiation, or an overflowing of the white on the black, but they should be stubby; if long, they take on the character of ornament and become confusing.
A reduction ofserifs would lessen the confusion of x and z and of s and z.
In the letter M the two outside strokes occasionally spread outwards, and in the form used in inscriptions the top serifs are missing.
The serifs are then added, the outline filled in, and the letter is complete.
The serifs on the lower limbs of E and L should point outwards, while the serifs on the other limbs of E are quite straight.
Very charming and graceful indeed she looked in her filmy black tulle, and the hat with the little jutting-out serifs admirably suited her.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "serifs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
