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slab serif: a standalone construct

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Typography

nineteenth-century display typefaces with heavy, block-like serifs and low stroke contrast, first used for posters and advertising.

In typography, slab serif refers to nineteenth-century display typefaces with heavy, block-like serifs and low stroke contrast, first used for posters and advertising. This meaning comes from Meggs (1983) in A history of graphic design.[1]

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References

Meggs, P. B. (1983). A history of graphic design. Van Nostrand Reinhold. ISBN 9780442262211

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