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Glossary S

Serif

Serif is a short line or last stroke that crosses or projects from stems or strokes in a serif character. Serifs have a lot of shapes, including bracketed, hairline, wedge and slab.

Slug

slug is in mechanical metal typesetting. It is a line of slug type cast as a unit.

Specimen

specimen is another sample of font type. It conventionally used by type manufacturers to publicize their typefaces and by printers, graphic designers and compositors, for your reference.

Spine

Spine is the main stroke of the letter s.