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Definition of Old style font
1. Noun. A typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Old Style Font
Literary usage of Old style font
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Printing Types: Their History, Forms, and Use; a Study in Survivals by Daniel Berkeley Updike (1922)
"Italic and roman "Fell" types are used for the two prefaces, but that used for
the plays is a lighter old style font, composed in a somewhat modern manner ..."
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