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  Calligraphy

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  Sans-serif

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  Serif

  In typography, serifs are semi-structural details on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and symbols. A typeface that has serifs is called a serif typeface (or seriffed typeface). A typeface without serifs is called sans-serif, from the French sans, meaning “without”. Some...
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  Blackletter

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  Antiqua

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  Japanese gothic typeface

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  Computer font

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  Slab serif

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