, thin, to the right / (see A, K, &c.), otherwise like vertical stems (above)—(see also SERIFS (e) below).
HORIZONTALS, ARMS, BRANCHES, or BARS.—Thin: free ends sometimes drawn out and flourished (see figs. [125], [188]).
BOWS and CURVES.—Gradated, and following the O (see pp. [44], [121], [270], [285]).
SERIFS or FINISHING STROKES.—(a) Note.—Serifs of some sort are practically essential to the proper characterisation of an alphabet (see figs. [147], [148], [162]), and should generally have a certain uniformity (p. [324]). [p289]
(b) The serifs, &c., of simple-written forms are treated at p. [244] (see fig. [145]).
(c) In Versals and certain other forms the mode of making requires the serif to be a distinct addition to the letter (see figs. [116], [166]).
(d, fig. [163]) In the finest built-up A B Cs serifs are treated as the actual finishing and shaping of the ends of the stems and branches, rather than as added parts (see C, 3 & 4, p. [281] and p. [240]). This particularly affects the construction of the thin strokes (see figs. [165], [167]).
(e) The serifs of the oblique strokes in A, K, M, N, R, V, W, X, Y are commonly not placed centrally, but projecting in the direction of the stroke (i.e. away from the letter, thus:
), branching out from the parent stem (see tails, below), and avoiding an acute angle (as