boldface

[bohld-feys] /ˈboʊldˌfeɪs/

noun

type or print that has thick, heavy lines, used for emphasis, headings, etc.

This is a sample of boldface

adjective

typeset or printed in boldface.

verb (used with object), boldfaced, boldfacing.

to mark (copy) to be set in boldface.

Compare lightface.

Origin

1685-95; bold + face

Can be confused

Examples from the web for boldface

As students read, instruct them to look for the other boldface words and nearby phrases or context clues that define these words.
It sticks to one page, it uses bullet points and boldface type effectively, and is well spaced.
If you have the employer's name in boldface type in the first entry, make sure you do that for all of the entries.
We squinted together at a gray field of small print punctuated by subheads in boldface.
And then there were the non-boldface names, the ones who actually make a movie get made and stylishly and well.
The boldface emphases are from him, with one exception noted.
And, while all the talent was local, the evening held its own on the high-end boldface-name meter.
The countries were arranged by continent, six to a page, with the capitals in boldface.
Lacking a boldface name, perhaps what this obscure cable needs is a gimmick.
These days you are nothing without your boldface co-conspirators.

British Dictionary definitions for boldface

bold face

noun

(printing) a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary Compare light face

adjective

(of type) having this weight