Serif vs Sans Serif Font (2026)
serif vs sans serif font
on the question of serif vs sans serif font, for those obsessed nerds.
- letters were born sans serif. natural.
- serif was an after-thought. a deco. fluff, by the roman brutes.
- since western printing press 1440 to 1960, all are printed in serif.
- the elite thought sans serif is crude.
- they thought serif is more readable.
- till helvetica of the swiss came about in 1960, sans got some respect.
- 1990, computer and internet came, sans beats serif.
- science cannot find any evidence that serif is more readable.
- 2016, some elite houses such as Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Time Mag, started to use serif again.
- conclusion: for readability of body text, go with sans.
- serif is useful if you really need to distinguish some letters such as Il0O. or, u need some pretty fluff.
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