majuscule: Big and all same height.
minuscule: Small and not all same height.
| Serif | Sans serif |
|---|---|
| has serifs. and usually strokes thick and thin. | no serifs. and usually strokes same width. |
| serifs supposedly make it easier to read. Hi-res media, i.e. printed books, magazines, newspapers | serifs don't work well on low-resolution media like screens, so most text on computers use sans-serif fonts |
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Georgia abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 Times New Roman abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 Garamond abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 Cambria abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 Courier (monospaced) abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 |
Verdana abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 Helvetica abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 Arial abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 Calibri abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 Consolas (monospaced) abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 Aptos (N.A.!) abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 |
| NB. your browser might not have all of these fonts. In which case it defaults to its generic serif or sans-serif font. | |
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Your browser's default/generic serif font:
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 |
Your browser's default/generic sans-serif font:
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 |
Proportional font's characters use width as they need:
iiiii
MMMMM
Monospaced font's characters are all the same width:
iiiii
MMMMM
Roman square capitals:
majuscule: Big and all same height.
minuscule: Small and not all same height.