serifed

Having decorative strokes

Serifed describes typefaces or letterforms that have serifs—the small strokes or feet extending from the ends of a letter's main strokes.

Times New Roman and Garamond are serifed fonts, while Arial is not.

The serifed text gave the document a traditional, formal appearance.

Also spelled seriffed.

typography

Times

Periods or newspaper

Clarendon · Minion · Century · Cambria · Jenson · typesetting · legibility · readability · letterpress · typeset

elegant

calligraphy

Ornamental handwriting art

ornate · decorative · stylish · tasteful · artistic · flourished · embellished · delicate · aesthetic · polished

classic

timeless

Unaffected by eras

traditional · historic · period · nostalgic · retro · time-honored · established · conventional · conservative · old-fashioned

Opposites
typography/font style

serifedsans-serif

Type without terminal strokes

sans · sanserif · grotesque · gothic · linear

Phrases
Family

serif, sans-serif, serifs, sanserif, seriffed, sanserifs

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G