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Typography. Belonging to or designating a group of roman typefaces developed from old-face designs, esp. those of Caslon; (U.S.) = old-face, adj.
(With capital initial.) An old-style typeface, named after the periodical for which it was designed.
Any of a class of old-face types based on a 16th-cent. Flemish original.