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Definition of Lightface
1. Noun. The opposite of boldface, a font that is light (has a low ratio of ink to white space). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lightface
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lightface
Literary usage of Lightface
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essentials in Journalism: A Manual in Newspaper Making for College Classes by Harry Franklin Harrington, Theodore Thomas Frankenberg (1912)
"Adaptations of the Old Style Antiques, which occupy a middle ground between the
boldface on one side and lightface on the other, ..."
2. Price List and Printers' Purchasing Guide: Showing Specimens of Printing by Marder, Luse & co., firm, type-founders (1890)
"4-Line Pica lightface, with 6-Line Pica Caps. 14c. per letter. GLOBE Six-Line
Pica lightface. ... Budget Six-Line Pica lightface Cape. 15c. per letter. ..."
3. Quarterly of the National Fire Protection Association by National Fire Protection Association (1896)
"The lightface type in the column headed "Total" indicates experience during period
1953-1958 whereas in the remaining six columns the lightface type ..."
4. How to Compile a Catalog by Guy George Wasson (1915)
"V In black pencil, denotes capitals of the lightface. \ In black pencil, denotes
upper and lower case of the lightface. The above is intended for work where ..."
5. Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI) by B. N. Taylor (1995)
"7.6) are generally printed in lightface (that is, regular) roman type irrespective
of the type used for the surrounding text. Arabic numerals other than ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The title of the table, which tells the type of test and the level of significance,
is in a lightface of the same size as that used for references in ..."
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