Old-style
noun
1.
Also, oldstyle. 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 .
adjective
3.
Also, old-style. Typography. noting or descriptive of a font of numerals of which some part extends below the baseline.
noun
1.
(printing) a type style reviving the characteristics of old face
noun
1.
the former method of reckoning dates using the Julian calendar Compare New Style
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