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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See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font_weight#Weight– tenfourDec 14, 2011 at 22:12
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2Boldface, 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.– FumbleFingersDec 14, 2011 at 22:14
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I have seen lightface used for not boldface.– GEdgarDec 14, 2011 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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According to Wikipedia, apparently the following are acceptable: Normal / regular / roman / plain– DaveDec 15, 2011 at 15:11
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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.
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.