Case-Based Critical Thinking Question
Gary works at a local ice rink and has been assigned the task of determining what fonts to use on the website.
-Gary notices that the current website specifies:
Font-family: tahoma, arial, sans-serif;
In this case, sans-serif is a ____ font family.
A) specific
B) generic
C) named
D) primary

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Case-Based Critical Thinking Question
Gary works at a local ice rink and has been assigned the task of determining what fonts to use on the website.
-Gary notices that the current website specifies: ​
Font-family: tahoma, arial, sans-serif;
In this case, sans-serif is a ____ font family.
A) specific
B) generic
C) named
D) primary

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Sans-serif is a generic font family, meaning it is a category of fonts that lack serifs (the small lines or flourishes at the end of the strokes of letters). It includes a variety of different fonts, but they all share this common characteristic.