HyperDic: old_style_font

English > 1 sense of the expression old style font:
NOUNcommunicationold style font, old stylea typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes
English > old style font: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes.
Synonymold style
Broaderproportional fontAny font whose different characters have different widths
Oppositemodern, modern font, Bodoni, Bodoni fontA typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes

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