OLD STYLE


Meaning of OLD STYLE in English

Function: noun

Date: 1617

1 capitalized O&S : a style of reckoning time used before the adoption of the Gregorian calendar

2 : a style of type distinguished by graceful irregularity among individual letters, bracketed serifs, and but slight contrast between light and heavy strokes

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