Ma ka moʻikuhi,ʻo Old Style heʻano o nā mea hoʻomau serif i hakuʻia e nā mea hōʻano hou e hoʻololi i kaʻano Blackstone.
Ma muli o nā kākauʻana o ka Roman kahiko, ua kapaʻia nā loli o ka Old Style e keʻano:
- ke kuhi likeʻole ma waena o ka hahau a me ka lahilahi
- nā kākoʻo i kākoʻoʻia
- kahi axis hemahema a pilikia paha
ʻEluaʻaoʻao o nāʻano Old Style :
- Venetian (Renaissance): I hanaʻia e ke kaumaha o ka diagonal a me ka lāʻau pale ma ka lalo e, kekahi pūnaewele hoʻonohonohoʻano hoʻokomo i Venetian i loko o kona papa pono'ī me ka Old Style.
- Garalde (Baroque): Me kahi pae pale ma ka lalo e, ka nui o nā kaulike likeʻole, me ke kaumaha o ka diagonal ma mua o ka Venenian Old Style, a me keʻano hou aʻe ma waena o ka paʻi lahilahi a me ka lahilahi. ʻO kekahi o nā papahana hoʻohālikelikeʻano'ē, e māhele hou ana i ka Old Style ma nā'āina hānau -Italian, French, Dutch, English.
ʻO Examples: Centaur (Old Venetian Old Style), Garamond, Goudy Oldstyle, Century Oldstyle, Palatino, a me Sabon (ʻo kā Carlde Old Style) he mau komipona serif maoli o nā hiʻohiʻona o Old Style Serif.