Serif typefaces are generally preferable to sans serif fonts for
A) display treatments.
B) all business documents.
C) headings and captions.
D) regular paragraph text.
E) none of the above.

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D)Serif typefaces have small crosslines (called serifs)at the ends of each letter stroke.Serif typefaces such as Times New Roman are commonly used for regular paragraph text,but they can look busy and cluttered when set in large sizes for headings.Sans serif typefaces have no serifs.The visual simplicity of sans serif typefaces such as Helvetica and Arial makes them ideal for the larger sizes used in headlines.Business documents sometimes have both serif and sans serif typefaces.A display treatment would more likely have a sans serif typeface.

Serif Typefaces Are Generally Preferable to Sans Serif Fonts for