Serif fonts, such as Times New Roman, Georgia and Garamond, are named as such because they feature these small but noticeable ...

The smallest font sized used for printing is 6pt or 0.6mm+. ... On the other hand, sans serif fonts lack the extra lines – “sans” meaning “without” in French.

Sans serif fonts, like Arial and Helvetica, are defined by what they don’t have: those “wings” and “feet.” They have cleaner lines and are considered best for titles and shorter text.

On Monday, the US State Department’s domestic offices, bureaus and posts overseas will begin communicating in a style that’s unlike any other they’ve ever used before: The agency will ditch ...

The department has used Times New Roman since 2004, when it switched from another serif font, Courier New. Serif fonts “have an extra flourish that makes it look pretty for many people, but can ...

In most sans serif fonts, “the capital ‘I’ is a line, and the lowercase ‘l’ is a line,” Mr. Friedman said. “The weight is slightly different, but most people can’t see it.