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Definition of Ceriph
1. n. One of the fine lines of a letter, esp. one of the fine cross strokes at the top and bottom of letters.
Definition of Ceriph
1. Noun. (archaic form of serif) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ceriph
1. serif [n -S] - See also: serif
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceriph
Literary usage of Ceriph
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"Diet. ; seri/ifi, ceriph in "Webster ; and ceriph in the NED Origin obscure ;
but the suggestion in NED, quoted from N. nnd Q., May 8, 1869, is obviously ..."
2. Author's & Printer's Dictionary: A Guide for Authors by Frederick Howard Collins (1912)
"... use oie- *. ceriph (typ.), use serif. cerise (Fr. f.), cherry. cerise*, a colour.
cerium*, symbol Ce*. cern*, to inherit. cerne *, to surround. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Art of Printing by William Savage (1841)
"ceriph. The fine lines, and the cross strokes at the tops and bottoms of letters,
are termed by the letter founders ..."
4. The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes by Robert Fiske Griggs, National Geographic Society (U.S.) (1922)
"Each of the three extremities of the Y is expanded into a heavy ceriph, transforming
the simple crotched Y, ..."
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