apart from the fact that serif fonts have serifs and the sans fonts dont :P
2006-10-21 23:28:10 · 7 answers · asked by allgiggles1984 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Yes it is - many typographers tend to opt to use the latter in certain genres as it is more reader friendly. Therefore children's literature would more likely be an Ariel font as opposed to Times New Roman, for example.
I do not know what evidence supports this though, but there must be some otherwise it would not have altered.
Going back through the ages, however, when literacy was only meant for the elite, i.e. rich and educated, it was completely different with serifs being used 24/7...
2006-10-21 23:56:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Serifs are thought to have originated in the Roman alphabet with inscriptional lettering—words carved into stone in Roman antiquity. The explanation proposed by Father Edward Catich in his 1968 book The Origin of the Serif is now broadly but not universally accepted: the Roman letter outlines were first brushed onto stone, and the stone carvers followed the brush marks which flaired at stroke ends and corners, creating serifs.
The origin of the word "serif" is obscure, but apparently almost as recent as the type style. The oldest citations in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) are 1841 for "sans serif", given as sanserif, and 1830 for "serif". The OED speculates that "serif" was a back-formation from "sanserif". Webster's Third New International Dictionary traces "serif" to the Dutch schreef, meaning wrote, and ultimately through Dutch schrijven, German schreiben and Latin scribere, all meaning "to write". Schreef now also means "serif" in Dutch.
2006-10-22 01:14:30 · answer #2 · answered by Wasting Time 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think so. Typographers take great pride in choosing the most apropos and aesthetically pleasing typeface to enhance content. Fonts convey an emotional response, as well as art or writing.
2006-10-21 23:38:08 · answer #3 · answered by AnneMrree 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You want to do WHAT? Compare fonts in deeper meaning? Is that what your life has come to: comparing fonts in deeper meaning? Now THAT'S sad.
2006-10-21 23:35:46 · answer #4 · answered by grahamma 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would have to say no, but would like to add...why would you want to?
2006-10-21 23:33:29 · answer #5 · answered by RealVee66 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think there is any real "meaningful" difference.
2006-10-22 00:31:50 · answer #6 · answered by Chemical Jelly 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
not if your a scot in a short kilt.
2006-10-22 02:02:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋