Serif: the short cross -lines at the beginning and end of the main strokes of certain type faces. Originally, it is the beginning or finishing strokes of the pen.

衬线：在一些印刷字体的主要笔划两端的短横线。它本来是书写的起笔或收笔的笔势。

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