Modern
Modern noun - A typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes.
Old style
Old style noun - A typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes.
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They swapped it for a generic green logo with the R in it as negative space during the Kinect Sports era, but has since returned to using the old style with a newly-updated modern form.
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Their accent and diction is old style, slightly upperclass English, but their actual words are all, like, utterly modern slang and shit, isn't it, though?
Source: Sophisticated as Hell
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