old-style

old style

noun
1.
Also, old·style. Printing. 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. Compare New Style.
3.
Also, old-style. Typography. noting or descriptive of a font of numerals of which some part extends below the baseline.

Origin:
1865–70

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old style
 
n
printing a type style reviving the characteristics of old face

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Old Style
 
n
Compare New Style the former method of reckoning dates using the Julian calendar

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