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Five instances word "This" written in different fonts that are labeled serif, sans-serif, monospace, cursive, and fantasy. All the fonts belong to the Generic Font-Family is shown at the left of the figure.

Serif font is identified by taking example of text labeled, Th. The first letter T has a small line pointing downwards from top corners, which are extra strokes.

Without open parenthesis “sans” close parenthesis serif is identified by taking example of text labeled, Th. The first letter T does not have any small line pointing downwards from top corner.

In a monospace font, each letter has the same width. This is shown by placing all the letters of the word This written in serif font in a box with same cell size.

In a regular proportional hyphen spaced font, each letter has a variable width. This is shown by placing all the letters of the word This written in sans serif font in a box with different cell size.

Note: Decorative and cursive fonts vary from system to system; rarely used as a result.