doing project in word and asks for serif and san seif font does this mean
just use these two from the format drop down list

Serif and sans-serif aren't specific fonts, but types of fonts. Serifs are
the little 'feet' on bottom and top of fonts such as Times, Century or
Bookman. Sans-serif are fonts such as Arial and Vedana which don't have
'feet' (Sans = without in Latin)
It may be asking you to restrict yourself to these 'ordinary' sorts of font
and not use decorative or script styles.
Hope this helps--
Linda M


"Alan" wrote:

doing project in word and asks for serif and san seif font does this mean
just use these two from the format drop down list

"Sans" is actually French.

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"LindaM" wrote in message
...
Serif and sans-serif aren't specific fonts, but types of fonts. Serifs are
the little 'feet' on bottom and top of fonts such as Times, Century or
Bookman. Sans-serif are fonts such as Arial and Vedana which don't have
'feet' (Sans = without in Latin)
It may be asking you to restrict yourself to these 'ordinary' sorts of
font
and not use decorative or script styles.
Hope this helps--
Linda M


"Alan" wrote:

doing project in word and asks for serif and san seif font does this
mean
just use these two from the format drop down list

Serifs on a font act as visual hooks to keep the eye steady as it moves
across the line on a page, making it easier for the reader to maintain focus
on your message.

Commonly, a sans serif font is used for heading/headlines, while body text
utilizes a serif font.
--
Kevin Backmann


"Alan" wrote:

doing project in word and asks for serif and san seif font does this mean
just use these two from the format drop down list

Hopefully this isn't overkill, but the following link is a handy guide to
printing/publishing terminology, of which serif is one.

http://www.rainwater.com/glossary.html
--
Kevin Backmann


"Alan" wrote:

doing project in word and asks for serif and san seif font does this mean
just use these two from the format drop down list

Also Latin
--
Linda M


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

"Sans" is actually French.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"LindaM" wrote in message
...
Serif and sans-serif aren't specific fonts, but types of fonts. Serifs are
the little 'feet' on bottom and top of fonts such as Times, Century or
Bookman. Sans-serif are fonts such as Arial and Vedana which don't have
'feet' (Sans = without in Latin)
It may be asking you to restrict yourself to these 'ordinary' sorts of
font
and not use decorative or script styles.
Hope this helps--
Linda M


"Alan" wrote:

doing project in word and asks for serif and san seif font does this
mean
just use these two from the format drop down list

I'm hesitant to weigh into these pointless arguments but ...

sine is Latin for without
sans is French for without

--
Enjoy,
Tony


"LindaM" wrote in message
...
Also Latin
--
Linda M


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

"Sans" is actually French.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"LindaM" wrote in message
...
Serif and sans-serif aren't specific fonts, but types of fonts. Serifs
are
the little 'feet' on bottom and top of fonts such as Times, Century or
Bookman. Sans-serif are fonts such as Arial and Vedana which don't
have
'feet' (Sans = without in Latin)
It may be asking you to restrict yourself to these 'ordinary' sorts of
font
and not use decorative or script styles.
Hope this helps--
Linda M


"Alan" wrote:

doing project in word and asks for serif and san seif font does this
mean
just use these two from the format drop down list

Correct. I am a former Latin teacher with a master's degree in Classics,
but, even if I didn't trust my own memory (often a reckless thing to do
these days), my 2019-page Lewis and Short Latin dictionary jumps from
"Sanqualis" to "santerna." Possibly Linda is thinking of "sanus," as in
"Mens sana in corpore sano."

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Tony Jollans" My Forename at My Surname dot com wrote in message
...
I'm hesitant to weigh into these pointless arguments but ...

sine is Latin for without
sans is French for without

--
Enjoy,
Tony


"LindaM" wrote in message
...
Also Latin
--
Linda M


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

"Sans" is actually French.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"LindaM" wrote in message
...
Serif and sans-serif aren't specific fonts, but types of fonts.
Serifs
are
the little 'feet' on bottom and top of fonts such as Times, Century
or
Bookman. Sans-serif are fonts such as Arial and Vedana which don't
have
'feet' (Sans = without in Latin)
It may be asking you to restrict yourself to these 'ordinary' sorts
of
font
and not use decorative or script styles.
Hope this helps--
Linda M


"Alan" wrote:

doing project in word and asks for serif and san seif font does
this
mean
just use these two from the format drop down list