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'''Old-style''' means 'old-fashioned', but not in the derogatory sense in which 'old-fashioned' is often used by [[liberals]] and [[hippies]] in their mistaken belief that the impractical changes that they propose are improvements, and that the values they discard are 'stuffy' and 'square'. Old-style carries connotations of quality, of decency, of solidity and permanence, of honesty: in short, [[Conservative]] values. If that makes Conservatives old-fashioned, so much the better.

'''Old-style''' refers to a [[type face]] which has uniform thicknesses, slanted [[serifs]], and irregular letters.<ref name="dictionary">[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/old-style Old-style], Dictionary.com</ref><ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old-style Old-style], [[Merriam-Webster]]</ref> It is also sometimes written ''oldstyle'' or ''old style''.

 

'''Old Style''' (with a capital ''O'' and ''S'') refers to a [[time reckoning|time reckoned]] using the [[Julian calendar]].<ref name="ref" />

 

'''Old-style''' can also mean literally an outdated model or manner. For example, "people don't use the ''old-style'' rotary telephones anymore."

 

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