Introduction to Serif Fonts – Modern | Rochelle Stone - Barefoot Basics - Small Business Marketing, Self-Publishing Facilitation, Streamlined Social Media, Event Management & Design

Historically, Serif fonts have been typically used across newspapers and book publishing, lending a more formal and polished feel to the body of work.

The Serif relates to the small details at the top or bottom of some strokes, that glide the eye across the page, allowing for greater ease of reading within a larger printed body of work.

Serif fonts are broken down into four major categories; Old Style, Transitional, Modern and Slab Serif.

When typesetting your manuscript here are a selection of the most popular Serif Modern fonts to keep in mind: