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old style
n.
1. Printing A style of type originating in the 18th century and characterized by slight contrast between light and heavy strokes and slanting serifs.
2. Old Style Abbr. OS or O/S The method of reckoning dates according to the Julian calendar.
old style
n
(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing a type style reviving the characteristics of old face
Old Style
n
(Astronomy) the former method of reckoning dates using the Julian calendar Compare New Style
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Noun1.old style - a typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes
old style font
proportional font - any font whose different characters have different widths
Bodoni font, modern font, Bodoni, modern - a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes


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November 11, 1620[This was November 21, old style calendar]
The Mayflower Compact by History Documents View in context
Dressed with the utmost nicety and precision, in a quaint mixture of by-gone costume, with some slight concessions to the prevailing taste, which rather served to point the old style pleasantly than to impair its effect, she sat, in a stately manner, with her hands folded on the table before her.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
My lord made proper compliments, accepted the invitation, and then they parted to dress, it being now past three in the morning, or to reckon by the old style, in the afternoon.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
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