What is the name for the small decorative stroke at the end of a letter?

What is the name for the small decorative stroke at the end of a letter?

• A. Serif
• B. Sans
• C. Stroke
• D. Tail

Answer: (A)

In typography, the small decorative stroke at the end of a letter is called a serif. Serifs are the little lines or flourishes on the ends of the strokes that make up a character. Typefaces with these features are serif fonts, while fonts without them are sans-serif. The other terms don’t fit because sans describes a category of typefaces without serifs, stroke is a broad term for any line in a letter, and tail refers to a specific curved extension on certain letters rather than the general end-stroke feature.

In typography, the small decorative stroke at the end of a letter is called a serif. Serifs are the little lines or flourishes on the ends of the strokes that make up a character. Typefaces with these features are serif fonts, while fonts without them are sans-serif. The other terms don’t fit because sans describes a category of typefaces without serifs, stroke is a broad term for any line in a letter, and tail refers to a specific curved extension on certain letters rather than the general end-stroke feature.