Editing Serif (section)

==Gallery==
Below are some images of serif letterforms across history:
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Jenson006.jpg|The roman type of [[Nicolas Jenson]]
De Aetna 1495.jpg|''De Aetna'', printed by [[Aldus Manutius]]
Houghton TypTS 515.52.370 - Alphabetum Graecum.jpg|Title page printed by Robert Estienne
Garamond's Second Great Primer Roman Vervliet.png|Great Primer type (c. 18 pt) by Claude Garamond
Claude Garamond Gros Canon image basic characters.jpg|Gros Canon type by Garamond
Michael Praetorius Missodia Sionia (1611).jpg|1611 book, with [[Fleuron (typography)|arabesque]] ornament border
Hendrik van den Keere La Plus grande Romaine from Plantin specimen c. 1585.jpg|Large roman by [[Hendrik van den Keere]], introducing the "Dutch taste" style
Christoffel van Dijck Ascendonica Romein.jpg|Type by [[Christoffel van Dijck]]
Romain du roi sample (1702).png|The ''[[Romain du roi]]'', the first "transitional" typeface
Ehrhardt specimen.png|Condensed, high x-height types in the "Dutch taste" style, {{Circa|1720}}
Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Æneis by John Baskerville 1757.jpg|Title page by [[John Baskerville]], 1757
Type sample, Pierre Simon Fournier, Manuel Typographique 1766.png|Alphabet by [[Pierre-Simon Fournier]] in his ''Manuel typographique'', 1760s
Fleischman Paragon roman & italic.jpg|Transitional type by [[Joan Michaël Fleischman]] of Amsterdam, 1768
Feria Sexta.jpg|Modern-face types by the [[Amoretti Brothers]], 1797
Code civil des Français (Firmin-Didot).jpg|Didone type in a book printed by the company of Firmin Didot, 1804
Manuale-Tipografico1.jpg|Bodoni's posthumous ''Manuale Tipografico'', 1818
Caslon inline Great Primer Columbia specimen.jpg|Inline modern face
Austin Foundry 1838 12 Lines Ornamented, No. 4.jpg|Display type with pattern inside 
Redford & Robins - poster - Google Art Project.jpg|"Fat face" ultra-bold Didone type
Fann Street Foundry Clarendon image with text for emphasis.jpg|The original Clarendon typeface
Boston Type Foundry Clarendon.jpg|Display-size slab-serifs
Miller & Richard Old Style Type Specimen (15399996818).jpg|Miller and Richard's [[Modernised Old Style (typeface)|Modernised Old Style]], a reimagination of pre-Didone typefaces
Kelmscott Press Typefaces.jpg|William Morris's [[Golden Type]] in the style of Jenson and other typefaces of his Kelmscott Press
ATF 1923 Garamond specimen page 22.jpg|[[American Type Founders|ATF]]'s "Garamond" type, an example of historicist printing
Sir Harry Johnston memorial plaque.JPG|Memorial plaque by [[Eric Gill]], {{circa|1920s}}
Linotype Textype sample Legibility Group typeface.jpg|Sample of the Linotype [[Legibility Group]] typefaces, the most popular [[newspaper]] typefaces during the twentieth century.<ref name="The Changing Newspaper">{{cite book|last1=Hutt|first1=Allen|title=The Changing Newspaper: typographic trends in Britain and America 1622-1972|date=1973|publisher=Fraser|location=London|isbn=9780900406225|pages=100–2 etc.|quote=the majority of the world's newspapers are typeset in one or another of the traditional Linotype 'Legibility Group', and most of the rest in their derivatives.|edition=1. publ.}}</ref>
Kindle3-it (cropped).png|Humanist slab-serif PNM Caecilia on an [[Amazon Kindle]]
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