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Oblique

A right slanted version of a Roman typeface without changes to the letter's design. Often confused with italics.

Old Style

Characterized by variations in stroke width, bracketed serifs, high contrast, and a diagonal stroke. Some popular Old Styles include Bembo, Garamond, Janson, and Caslon. Originally developed during the Renaissance and adopted by Venetian printers in the 15th century, these were based on pen drawn forms.

OpenType

New font format developed by Adobe and Microsoft. OpenType font can contain a set of glyphs defined as TrueType or Type 1 curves.

orphan line

A single line of a paragraph at the top of a page or column.

outline font

A font that is defined by drawing the black contour of the white space that makes up each character. It is made up typically of Bezier curves for PostScnpt fonts and quadratic splines for TrueType fonts. Both these fonts can be scaled to any size, therefore, one set of outlines can be used for any size in a typeface.

overprinting

Printing one color over another, instead of knocking out the background color (see also knockout).

Oblique	A right slanted version of a Roman typeface without changes to the letter's design. Often confused with italics.
Old Style	Characterized by variations in stroke width, bracketed serifs, high contrast, and a diagonal stroke. Some popular Old Styles include Bembo, Garamond, Janson, and Caslon. Originally developed during the Renaissance and adopted by Venetian printers in the 15th century, these were based on pen drawn forms.
OpenType	New font format developed by Adobe and Microsoft. OpenType font can contain a set of glyphs defined as TrueType or Type 1 curves.
orphan line	A single line of a paragraph at the top of a page or column.
outline font	A font that is defined by drawing the black contour of the white space that makes up each character. It is made up typically of Bezier curves for PostScnpt fonts and quadratic splines for TrueType fonts. Both these fonts can be scaled to any size, therefore, one set of outlines can be used for any size in a typeface.
overprinting	Printing one color over another, instead of knocking out the background color (see also knockout).