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Is it nonboldface? Is bold's antonym nonbold? Is it unemboldened? Is it hyphenated? What word do I use to mean text that is not in boldface style?

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Boldface, italic, underlined, etc., are all variations to "normal" type, so that's effectively the antonym for all of them. If you really need an antonym for boldface, it should probably be non-boldface, but most people would be glad to settle for non-bold. – FumbleFingers Dec 14 '11 at 22:14
I have seen lightface used for not boldface. – GEdgar Dec 14 '11 at 22:55

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Roman is the technical term for non-bold, non-italic.

Bold refers to the weight of a typeface. A non-bold typeface, regardless of any other properties, is called light.

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You're biased! I can tell by your name. – tenfour Dec 14 '11 at 22:21
@tenfour: What do you mean? – CesarGon Dec 14 '11 at 22:22
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@CesarGon: Julius Caesar was a Roman :) – Hugo Dec 14 '11 at 23:01
According to Wikipedia, apparently the following are acceptable: Normal / regular / roman / plain – Dopyiii Dec 15 '11 at 15:11
@Hugo, tenfour: Oh, I see. Duh. – CesarGon Dec 15 '11 at 19:13
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I would call this type of text simple or plain. However, I don't think this is an antonym for boldface. It is just text which isn't bold-faced, italicised or underlined.

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Apart from the answers given above, I would like to provide one. A Non-bold type face is often also called as a regular type face.

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