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

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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

Example Sentences

“I just like the old style of everything. I love looking at all covers of the different records and CDs,” said Mora.

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But Schoenberg said he often longed to write in the old style.

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“Similar grass to what we play at home. Similar kind of old style, tree-lined golf course, which is what I grew up on.”

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As time progressed, the rapper's attempts to return to his old style have not always been well received by Gen Z audiences, some calling for him to be cancelled.

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Sky Sports' technical analyst Sam Collins calls it "old style".

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