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<p>Paper anvil: added a transcript</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2736<br /> | date = February 10, 2023<br /> | title = Only Serifs<br /> | image = only_serifs_2x.png<br /> | imagesize = 246x112px<br /> | noexpand = true<br /> | titletext = If you ever want to get beaten up by a bunch of graphic designers, try removing the serifs from Times New Roman and adding them to Comic Sans.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a SERIF - explain the comic more, add title text and transcript. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> See {{w|serif}} and {{w|sans-serif}} on Wikipedia.<br /> <br /> {{w|Times New Roman}} is a widely available and recognizeable typeface with serifs. {{w|Comic Sans}} is a sans-serif typeface (that’s what the “Sans” in the name refers to). Many graphic designers {{w|Comic_Sans#Opposition|dislike Comic Sans}} due to a history of amateurs using it in contexts where its informal style is inappropriate.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> [The capital and lowercase forms of the first four letters of the alphabet are written on handwriting paper in a solum-serif font. Underneath there are two lines of text (in a sans-serif font)]<br /> <br /> AaBbCcDd<br /> <br /> Instead of serif or sans-serif,<br /> <br /> my new font is ''only'' serifs.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

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