Since we just had the Typography Final, and we needed to know the anatomy of letters, I figured knowing the origin and significance of sans serif would be useful. Although the exact origin of serif is still debated, most theories seem to point back to the days of stone carvings.Some people suggest that serifs are a result of carvers chiseling over painted outlines of letters on stone, where the brush strokes would create the flares at the edge of letters. Serifs fonts are helpful in body paragraph text, and the individual serifs serve as a guide to help guide the eyes of readers to each character.
Sans-Serif is just the opposite, based on the french word sans, which means without.
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