Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oldstyle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: old-style
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional style of typeface designed to mimic the handwriting of scribes.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

old + style

Inflected Forms

oldstyles (plural)

Phrases

old-style

Questions

What does oldstyle mean?: A traditional style of typeface designed to mimic the handwriting of scribes.
Where does oldstyle come from?: old + style

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