Editing 2736: Only Serifs

{{comic
| number    = 2736
| date      = February 10, 2023
| title     = Only Serifs
| image     = only_serifs_2x.png
| imagesize = 246x112px
| noexpand  = true
| titletext = If you ever want to get beaten up by a bunch of graphic designers, try removing the serifs from Times New Roman and adding them to Comic Sans.
}}

==Explanation==
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See {{w|serif}} and {{w|sans-serif}} on Wikipedia. Serifs are ticks put at the ends of lines that make up letters, like the "feet" put at the bottom of an A, as well as at the peak (the first 3 ticks shown in the comic). Some fonts use them, as visual decoration, and are called Serif fonts, some do not and are called Sans Serif fonts ("sans" being French for "without"). Randall is suggesting a font using ''only'' these accent pieces and skipping the "body" of the letters entirely.

As for the title text, {{w|Times New Roman}} is a widely available and recognizable typeface with serifs, widely regarded as the most commonly used. {{w|Comic Sans}} is a sans-serif typeface (that’s what the “Sans” in the name refers to) designed to look like childish handwriting. Many graphic designers {{w|Comic_Sans#Opposition|dislike Comic Sans}} due to a history of amateurs using it in contexts where its informal style is inappropriate, simply in order to use a font that looks different than the standards of Times and Arial and similar. Defenders claim that it is easier for dyslexics to read, but that is true for a range of fonts.

==Transcript==
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:[The capital and lowercase forms of the first four letters of the alphabet are written on handwriting paper in a font only consisting of serifs between three gray horizontal lines. Underneath the panel there are two lines of text (in a sans-serif font)]
:AaBbCcDd

:Instead of serif or sans-serif,
:my new font is '''''only''''' serifs.

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