What the “sans” refers to in Comic Sans

SERIF

Think of the decorative strokes at the ends of letters in fonts like Times New Roman—this typeface famously lacks them.

The word "sans" in "Comic Sans" is French for "without," so the clue is asking what the font lacks. Comic Sans is a "sans-serif" typeface, meaning it doesn’t have the small decorative lines (serifs) at the ends of letters. The answer is "SERIF" because that’s the feature it’s missing—hence "sans serif.