sans serif

See also: sans-serif

English

Alternative forms

sanserif, sans-serif

Etymology

From sans +‎ serif.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsæn(z) ˈsɛɹɪf/, /ˌsɑ̃ ˈsɛɹɪf/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌsæn(z) ˈsɛɹɪf/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

sans serif (plural sans serifs)

(typography) A typeface in which the characters do not have serifs.
Antonym: serif

Adjective

sans serif (not comparable)

(typography) Of a typeface, without serifs.
Synonyms: serifless, nonserif
- 2008, Clay Shirky, Gin, Television, and Cognitive Surplus‎^[1]:
  If you have some sans-serif fonts on your computer, you can play this game, too.

Translations

without serifs

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Assamese: অনাচেৰিফ (onaseriph), অনা-চেৰিফ (ona-seriph)
Catalan: pal sec
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無襯線字體 / 无衬线字体 (zh) (wú chènxiàn zìtǐ), 黑體 / 黑体 (zh) (hēitǐ)
Czech: bezpatkový m
Dutch: schreefloos (nl)
Finnish: päätteetön, sans-serif (fi), groteski (fi)
French: linéal (fr)
German: serifenlos (de)
Hebrew: סנס–סריף (sans-sérif), ללא תגים (l'ló tagím)
Hungarian: talpatlan, groteszk (hu)
Indonesian: sans serif
Japanese: サンセリフ (ja) (sanserifu)
Korean: 산세리프 (sanseripeu)
Macedonian: бессе́рифен (bessérifen)
Polish: bezszeryfowy (pl)
Portuguese: sem serifa
Russian: без засе́чек (bez zaséček)
Spanish: palo seco (es), paloseco (es), sin serifas, sin serifa
Tibetan: སྤྲོས་མེད (spros med)

See also

Anagrams

sanserifs

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism

Noun

sans serif (plural sans-sans serif)

(typography) sans serif

Further reading

“sans serif”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016