surryph

plural surryphs

1. archaicArchaic form of serif.

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   With the view of meeting the exigencies of long numbers and Machine Printing, they have introduced several Series of Founts possessing unusual strength in the Surryphs and exposed parts of the letter, while an inspection of the Specimens will show that clearness of impression as well as the elegance of shape for which their productions have always been distinguished, have been fully preserved.

   1863, “Stephenson, Blake & Co.”, in Straker’s Annual Mercantile, Ship and Insurance Register, London, page 183