Learn: S
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Sans Serif
A typeface without serifs.
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Schwabacher
A German form of Blackletter with simplified, rounded strokes.
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Scotch Modern
A serif style with medium to high stroke contrast and vertical stress, known for large serifs and tiny aperture. Serifs are usually bracketed. Classic examples: Modern No. 20, Scotch Modern.
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Scotch Roman
A serif style with medium contrast and vertical stress, medium-sized bracketed serifs. Classic examples: Miller, Caledonia.
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Script
Typefaces based on letters made with a flexible pen or brush, or derivative forms.
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Serif
“Feet” or non-structural details at the ends of some strokes.
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Serif
A typeface with serifs.
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Shoulder
A curved stroke originating from a stem.
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Slab Serif
A serif style with serifs equal to or nearly the same thickness of the main strokes. Main strokes usually have low contrast. Classic example: Rockwell.
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Small Caps
Uppercase characters that appear as a smaller size than the capital height of a typeface. Short for “small capitals”.
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Spanish Old Style
A serif style with soft, bracketed serifs, medium to high stroke contrast, and often highly angled stress. Classic example: Rongel.
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Spine
The main curved stroke for a capital and lowercase s.
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Spur
A small projection from a curved stroke.
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Spur Serif
A serif style with very small serifs. Usually similar in design to san serif faces, except for the serifs. Usually very little stroke contrast. Classic example: Copperplate.
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Square Gothic
A sans serif style composed mainly of straight or nearly straight lines and (often) curved corners. Stroke contrast is usually low. Classic example: Bank Gothic.
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Stem
Primary vertical stroke.
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Strike on
A typesetting method that uses characters cast in hard metal, usually connected indirectly to a keyboard. Type is set by causing the characters to strike forcefully against a medium (usually some kind of inked ribbon), transferring the character image to paper held against a platen. Traditional typewriters and daisy-wheel printers are the most common examples of the strike-on method, but there were also many low-cost typesetting machines that used it.
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Swiss Gothic
A sans serif style with noticeable stroke contrast, straight sides on round characters, modern proportions, and large x-height. Usually features a one-story lowercase g and closed strokes on C and S. Classic example: Jay Gothic.