A 16th Century style of type characterised by stressed strokes and triangular serifs. An example of an old style face is Garamond.
a typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes
A term used to describe bells which are not tuned on true-harmonic principles. UK old-style bells usually have hums which are sharp of true harmonic, and almost as often, primes which are flat of true-harmonic.
Dating of a document between 1 January and 24 March by the civil year rather than the historical year. Old Style dating of documents occurred in Britain up to 1752
Old Style typefaces are distinguished by the strictly geometric proportions of their letters, based on three basic shapes: the square, circle and triangle. Typically, an Old Style 'E' will be half the width of the 'O.'
Characterized by variations in stroke width, bracketed serifs, high contrast, and a diagonal stroke. Some popular Old Styles include Bembo, Garamond, Janson, and Caslon. Originally developed during the Renaissance and adopted by Venetian printers in the 15th century, these were based on pen drawn forms.
fonts are a traditional class of typeface. The old style fonts are based on designs from as far back as the late 15th century. Old style fonts are great for writing long documents ( such as books ). While the old style fonts are designed in the tradition of the earlier designers, some of them were designed quite recently. Notably, the face Goudy Old Style was designed by Goudy in the early 20th century. Notable old style faces include Goudy Old Style, Garamond, and Caslon.
