Usually means: Thick, prominent typeface for emphasis.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word boldface:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. boldface: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. boldface: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. boldface: Collins English Dictionary
  4. boldface: Vocabulary.com
  5. Boldface, boldface: Wordnik
  6. boldface: Wiktionary
  7. boldface: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. boldface: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. boldface: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. boldface: Dictionary.com
  11. Boldface (disambiguation), Boldface: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. boldface: Rhymezone
  13. boldface: FreeDictionary.org
  14. boldface: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. boldface: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. boldface: Merriam-Webster
  17. boldface: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. boldface: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bernstein's Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terminology (No longer online)
  2. boldface: Legal dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. boldface: CCI Computer
  2. boldface: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. boldface: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (boldface)

▸ noun:  (typography) A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines.
▸ verb:  To print or write in a boldfaced font.
▸ adjective:  Synonym of boldfaced

Similar:
weight, boldness, blackboard bold, emphasis, black letter, blackface, font, antique, type face, variable font, more...

Opposite:
lightface, regular, normal, plain

Types:
sans-serif, serif, slab serif, script, blackletter, handwritten, more...

Phrases:
boldface font, more...

Adjectives:
point, italic, roman, lowercase, black, large, underlined, regular, smaller, lower, uppercase

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Similar:
weight, boldness, blackboard bold, emphasis, black letter, blackface, font, antique, type face, variable font, more...

Opposite:
lightface, regular, normal, plain

Types:
sans-serif, serif, slab serif, script, blackletter, handwritten, more...

Phrases:
boldface font, more...

Adjectives:
point, italic, roman, lowercase, black, large, underlined, regular, smaller, lower, uppercase

Colors:
    black,     red,     royal blue,     burgundy,     charcoal, more...



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