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old style vs proportional font

proportional font vs old style

old style and proportional font both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
old style Yes No No No
proportional font Yes No No No
As nouns, proportional font is a hypernym of old style; that is, proportional font is a word with a broader meaning than old style:
  • old style: a typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes
  • proportional font: any font whose different characters have different widths
old style (noun) proportional font (noun)
a typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes any font whose different characters have different widths
Difference between old style and proportional font

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