old style

noun

1. Printing.,  Also oldstyle a type style differentiated from modern by the more or less uniform thickness of all strokes and by slanted serifs.

2. (initial capital letters),  time reckoned according to the Julian calendar.

adjective

1. Typography.,  Also old-style noting or descriptive of a font of numerals of which some part extends below the baseline.

Old Style

¹

noun

1. the former method of reckoning dates using the Julian calendar Compare New Style

old style

²

noun

1. printing a type style reviving the characteristics of old face

Word History and Origins

Origin of old style¹

First recorded in 1865–70