old style

noun

Also old·style. Printing. a type style differentiated from modern by the more or less uniform thickness of all strokes and by slanted serifs.
(initial capital letters) time reckoned according to the Julian calendar.Compare New Style.

adjective

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

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Origin of old style

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby old style

old stager, old stamping ground, old stoa, old stone age, old story, an, old style, old sweat, old swedish, old talk, old test., old testament
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British Dictionary definitions for old style (1 of 2)

old style

noun

printing a type style reviving the characteristics of old face

British Dictionary definitions for old style (2 of 2)

Old Style

noun

the former method of reckoning dates using the Julian calendarCompare New Style
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