Dictionary
old' style"
1. Also,old'style". Print.a type style differentiated from modern by the more or less uniform thickness of all strokes and by slanted serifs.
2. (
caps.) time reckoned according to the Julian calendar. Cf.
New Style.
3. Also,old'-style'. Typography.noting or descriptive of a font of numerals of which some part extends below the baseline.
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