Font Basics

Sans-SerifSans Serif is the more basic of the two general fonts. It does not have little straight line strokes called ‘serifs’ on it.There are thousands of fonts that are based on sans serif. Some of the famous ones are; Arial, Calibri, Helvetica, Verdana and the list goes on…San serif is a preferable font for Online use because it is easier to read.

SerifSerif font has little dashes on its letters called ‘serifs’ and thus the name.Droid, Georgia, Joanna and Ms Serif are some of the fonts that are known as Serif fonts.Magazines although use both the sans-serif and serif but san-serif is mostly used for body copying while Serif is used everywhere and anywhere an element of expression and creativity is to be shown.