oldstyle
oldstyle noun: a traditional style of typeface designed to mimic the handwriting of scribes.
Noun
oldstyle (plural oldstyles)
- A traditional style of typeface designed to mimic the handwriting of scribes.
- 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.2005, Pete Masterson, Book Design and Production: A Guide for Authors and Publishers
- 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.2014, Timothy Samara, Design Elements, 2nd Edition
Forms of oldstyle
| plural | oldstyles |
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Origin of oldstyle
old + style
Words formed from oldstyle
Questions about oldstyle
- What does oldstyle mean?
- Oldstyle means a traditional style of typeface designed to mimic the handwriting of scribes.
- What part of speech is oldstyle?
- Oldstyle is a noun.
- What is the plural of oldstyle?
- The plural of oldstyle is oldstyles.
Words near oldstyle in the dictionary
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