Ceriph

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  1. 1
    Archaic form of serif. alt-of, archaic

    "1891-1892, P. L. A. Garint, "THE FACE AND STANDARD OF TYPE", IN The Inland Printer This article advises, besides a standard of width, one of body and one of the depth of face—the last I take as meaning the distance from the top ceriph of say the lower case "m" to the bottom ceriph of the same letter."

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"1891-1892, P. L. A. Garint, "THE FACE AND STANDARD OF TYPE", IN The Inland Printer This article advises, besides a standard of width, one of body and one of the depth of face—the last I take as meaning the distance from the top ceriph of say the lower case "m" to the bottom ceriph of the same letter."

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