0 a small line that is added to a printed letter in certain typefaces (= particular designs of letters and numbers):
We have preserved the indentation and set those passages in smaller sans serif type.
The letters presented in both conditions were printed in a lowercase sans serif font.
Each letter was printed on a small white card in a lowercase san serif font.
Some of the letters have actual serifs but most are just thickened at the extremities.
He suggested that the serif types were probably clearer to read than the sans.
He seemed to champion serif types as distinct from sans serif types.
But if it is a fight between sans and serifs, put me on the side of sans.
In consequence, they always use this sans serif type.