serif

Bedeutung (English)

Noun

A short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces, such as Times New Roman.

Adj

Of a typeface, provided with serifs.

Konzepte

Serife

Serif(e)

Text

Unterbau

Rollentext

Text zu einer Rolle

Schraffe

Serif

Fundament

-n

Synonyms

seriph

foundation wall

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈsɛɹɪf/

Etymologie (English)

Cognate with Italienisch: sgraffiare

Cognate with Deutsch: Schraffe

In summary

From earlier ceriph, ceref, of obscure derivation. There are two (not directly interrelated) candidates for a possible Dutch origin: 1.) the noun schreef (“stroke”, now also “serif” as a semantic loan), related with schrapen (“to scrape”); and 2.) the verb schrafferen (“to provide with horizontal lines, to shade”), from Italian sgraffiare. For the latter, compare German Schraffe (“serif”), although this again may be a semantic loan based on the English word rather than original to it. Alternatively, from Late Latin cerificus (“waxen”), from Latin cera (“wax”), after the ruled lines used in writing on wax tablets.