Roman, Boldface, and Italic are all forms of type. ROMAN is a style of typeface that is used for the majority of text in documents and books. Boldface is a style of typeface that is used to emphasize certain words or phrases. Italic is a style of typeface that is used to add emphasis to certain words or phrases, usually in a different way than boldface. All three of these forms of type are used to make documents more readable and attractive.