why is there serif fonts?

Answer 1

Serifs started out with letters carved in stone. The person carving the letter had to put their chisel into the stone somewhere and this first cut left a little tail on the letter. They very quickly found that this looked nicer than straight letters with square corners. They started putting serifs on all the corners.

Then it was discovered that it is easier to read letters with serifs than ones without, so they use them on all book fonts - ones used for text that is to be read quickly such as in a book or a newspaper.

Answer 2

The Romans, when they were carving inscriptions with hammer and chisel on temples and other public stone buildings, found it was easier to form the letters if they used a serif to begin or end the stroke of the letter. On papyrus, however, the Romans wrote without serifs, spacing for words, or punctuation. This makes some ancient manuscripts a challenge to read!

Answer 3

apparently the serifs are supposed to lead your eye from letter to the next making it a more pleasant style for reading extended texts e.g. books.

Answer 4

So a Sans Serif font would not look naked.

I know, it makes no sense. **shaking head**
;-)

Answer 5

bc the feet on the bottom of hte letters allow ur eyes to flow from letter to letter and word to word. making reading easier and faster. studies have been done to prove this in design and readability of text

Answer 6

why not?