Definitions
a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character
Used in a sentence
“It is generally believed, by those who study such things, that serif typefaces are easier to read when reading a lot of words. The hickeys (serifs) on each letter tend to push our eye toward the next letter.”
“It is generally believed, by those who study such things, that serif typefaces are easier to read when reading a lot of words. The hickeys (serifs) on each letter tend to push our eye toward the next letter.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Letter's tiny flourish”5 letters
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