ceriph

plural ceriphs

1. archaicArchaic form of serif.

   CERIPH. The fine lines, and the cross strokes at the tops and bottoms of letters, are termed by the letter founders ceriphs.

   1841, William Savage, A Dictionary of The Art of Printing, page 163

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   It must be remarked, that the small Greek letter never admits of what letter-founders call a ceriph, or line across the terminations, as the Roman.

   1785, Robert Heron, Letters of Literature, London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, page 270

   At one period, in imitation probably of the celebrated Didot, a practice prevailed of cutting the ceriphs and fine strokes of types to an excessive degree of sharpness.

   1825, Thomas Curson Hansard, Typographia: an historical sketch of the origin and progress of the art of printing, London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, page 617

   This article advises, besides a standard of width, one of body and one of the depth of face—the last I take as meaning the distance from the top ceriph of say the lower case "m" to the bottom ceriph of the same letter.

   1891 November 28, P. L. A. Garint, “The face and standard of type”, in The Inland Printer, page 99