Re: Re: Re: [typo] Serif

[Jean-Marie Schwartz<jeanmarie_schwartz AT yahoo.fr>]

Encore ceci (1884). Je n'ai pas trop fait attention aux dates, mais il semble
que celle-ci soit plus intéressante.


The ancient palm-leaves containing the Pragñâ-pâramitâ-hridaya-sûtra and the
...‎ - Page 69
de Prajñāpāramitā, Georg Bühler,
Ushnìshavijaya-dhāraṇī - 1884
They are placed at the top of the down-stroke or, if the letter has several 
...

By an extension of the serif to either side the characteristic top-line of ...


The Bizarre notes and queries in history, folk-lore, mathematics, mysticism
...‎
1886
Page 197
SERIF AND SANSERIF. What is the meaning of these words ? The Unabridged of 
Webster is silent. JONATHAN. Serif is a. letter in typography with the " 
wings 
...
<http://books.google.com/books?id=HeARAAAAYAAJ&q=letter+serif&dq=letter+serif&l
r=lang_en&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=1&as_miny_is=1776&as_maxm_is=12&as_maxy_is=19
20&num=100&as_brr=0&as_pt=BOOKS&hl=fr&pgis=1>

The Literary Year-book&#8206; - Page 181
de Frederick George Aflalo, Joseph Jacobs, Herbert Arthur Morrah, Henry
Gilbert, Mark Meredith, Basil Stewart - 1897
Serif. The fine line on the top and bottom of a letter, as in H. Sanserif thus
: 
H. Set off. Where the ink sets off from one sheet to another. ...


The Century dictionary: an encyclopedic lexicon of the English language&#8206;
- Page 2683
de William Dwight Whitney - 1889
1. A fine up-stroke in penmanship. — 2. In printing, the fine line at the top
or 
bottom of a letter ; a serif; a hair - line. hairtail (har'tal), n. ...

Et en 1857 :
<http://books.google.com/books?id=TQ87AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA135&dq=letter+serif&lr=lang
_en&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=1&as_miny_is=1776&as_maxm_is=12&as_maxy_is=1920&num
=100&as_brr=0&as_pt=BOOKS&hl=fr#PPA135,M1>

Un ouvrage sur l'origine du serif : 
Catich, Edward M., 1968. The Origin of the Serif. Brush Writing & Roman
Letters. Davenport, Iowa : Catfish Press.


JMS