Type missing certain characteristics of liberal fairness (8)
I believe the answer is:
sanserif
'type missing certain characteristics' is the definition.
'sanserif' can be an answer for 'type' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'missing certain characteristics' bit.
'liberal fairness' is the wordplay.
'liberal' indicates anagramming the letters.
'fairness' is an anagram of 'SANSERIF'.
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sanserif that I've seen before include "Like the simplest type" , "Type without projection on letters" , "Printing type style" , "Fairness (anag) - printing type" , "font" .)