Font's- serif and sans serif

In typography a sans serif typeface is more commonly used for headlines and mastheads rather than bodies of text. The other typeface is called serif, unlike sans serif typefaces, serif is more commonly used for a body of text rather than for Mastheads or Crosshead. They have strokes/flicks on the end of each letter. The difference between a serif ans sans serif typeface can be seen below...

My front cover of my newspaper is written in the font in Monotype Corsiva which is a sans serif typeface which is shown below...

Whereas my Crosshead's of the newspaper is written in Helvetica Neue, a serif typeface as shown below...