boldface
[bohld-feys]Printing.
- type or print that has thick, heavy lines, used for emphasis, headings, etc.This is a sample of boldface
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- typeset or printed in boldface.
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- to mark (copy) to be set in boldface.
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Compare lightface.
Origin of boldface
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for boldface
Contemporary Examples
Note: Unusual words that are playable in Scrabble appear in this article in boldface.
The boldface names at the event were all Democrats: Barack Obama and former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter spoke.
Let me put this in boldface: Heritage's cost estimates are driven not primarily by welfare, but by healthcare.
The boldface fashion houses have not had an easy time during Paris fashion shows.
Historical Examples
In the body of the Dictionary, italics and boldface are as in the original.
A Concise Anglo-Saxon DictionaryJohn R. Clark Hall
Based on references to datable external events (shown here in boldface), the story covers at least ten years.
Alonzo and MelissaDaniel Jackson, Jr.
On another page appeared a paragraph in boldface type announcing the discovery of a new star in the literary heavens.
The Fiction FactoryJohn Milton Edwards
The bottom of the panel gave the Road Commissioner's name in boldface with Houghton's name below in slightly smaller print.
Highways in HidingGeorge Oliver Smith
Words shown in boldface were originally printed in blackletter (gothic) type.
Roister DoisterNicholas Udall