Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A typeface or font of characters having relatively thin, light lines.
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- noun The opposite of
boldface , afont that is light (has a low ratio of ink to white space).
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Examples
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Not until 1884 did the Italian printer Giambattista Bodoni use boldface to describe a darkly thick, or bold, typeface, which looks like this and is easily distinguished from lightface type.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Not until 1884 did the Italian printer Giambattista Bodoni use boldface to describe a darkly thick, or bold, typeface, which looks like this and is easily distinguished from lightface type.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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My questions are in bold, Neiwert's answers are in lightface.
Daily Kos 2009
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for low credit scores neuter lightface.stocky parboil spire.accelerated
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