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Definition of Ceriphs
1. ceriph [n] - See also: ceriph
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceriphs
Literary usage of Ceriphs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. William Morris, His Art, His Writings, and His Public Life: A Record by Aymer Vallance (1897)
"The ceriphs, which in ordinary type are either all thin throughout, or sliced
off to very near a point at the ends, are, it should be noted, ..."
2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1905)
"Old Style Antique is the name given to a type in which the lines are heavy and
of uniform thickness, the ceriphs being correspondingly heavy. ..."
3. Typographia: an Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Art of by Thomas Curson Hansard (1825)
"To the razor-edged fine lines and ceriphs of type just observed upon, a reverse
has succeeded, called " Antique," or " Egyptian," the property of which is, ..."
4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1888)
"Roman alphabet, The confusion of x and z and of s and z would be lessened by
reducing the ceriphs to the lowest possible limits.1 Into the remaining ..."
5. A History of the Old English Letter Foundries: With Notes, Historical and by Talbot Baines Reed (1887)
"As to the type", he says, "the modern artist, Mr. Martin, has made an effort to
cut the ceriphs and hair strokes excessively sharp and fine ; the long f is ..."
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