oldstyle
English
Noun
oldstyle (plural oldstyles)
- (typography, often attributive) A traditional style of typeface designed to mimic the handwriting of scribes.
- 2005, Pete Masterson, Book Design and Production: A Guide for Authors and Publishers
- Books aimed at older and possibly vision impaired readers may have more difficulty with the generally lighter appearing transitional typefaces than they might with an oldstyle typeface.
- 2014, Timothy Samara, Design Elements, 2nd Edition
- A sentence set in an oldstyle serif and a similar-weight sans serif at the same point size will appear to be two different sizes.
- 2005, Pete Masterson, Book Design and Production: A Guide for Authors and Publishers
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- old-style
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