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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(typography, often attributive) 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.
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.
Use oldstyle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Oldstyle means (typography, often attributive) A traditional style of typeface designed to mimic the handwriting of scribes..
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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.
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