Serif and Sans-Serif

There's a distinct difference between Serif and Sans-Serif, but it's important to know the difference and which you should use for certain places.

Serif is the small decorations on the end of letters (like in my blog), and sans is french for 'without' (meaning without the serif).

SERIF





SANS-SERIF



The use of serif should be in printed work, such as articles and novels. This gives the text a more distinctive look, and mean we can recognise them easily.

Sans serif, however, should be used for online work - such as texts, online articles and blogs. This is because of the screens on our devices, and that with serif we usually can't recognise letters as distinctively as opposed to using san-serif online.

(Well, I better go edit my blog!)

Source:http://www.betterwritingskills.com/tip-w017.html