If your locale is not set to en_US, the PayPal module uses the really old button style:
![Pasted image at 2017_01_19 12_59 AM.png Pasted image at 2017_01_19 12_59 AM.png](https://community.magento.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/2282i55F38735C1035F6A/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400)
It would be better for an admin to be able to choose the PayPal button flavour inside the payment method, and have the following choices:
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/api/buttons/
Also, see Magento\Paypal\Model\Config line 983 (Magento 2.1.3)