Unbold section and subsection heading

Question

I am using this format for my section and subsection headings (it is centered and numbers have dots):

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[center]{titlesec}

\titlelabel{\thetitle.\quad} %dots after title number

But I cannot unbold it by using most of the unbold commands because centering changes in most of them. Is there way to unbold the section and subsection headings with this format?

You should use the \titleformat command to set the format of the section heading. — Werner, May 14 '14 at 22:53
See (possible duplicate): How to set the font for a \section title (and chapter etc) — Werner, May 14 '14 at 22:55

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 14 '14 at 22:58

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If you do not want to use the \titleformat command, load the package with

\usepackage[center,md]{titlesec}

answered May 14 '14 at 22:58

Bernard

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 14 '14 at 23:00

The easiest way is with sectsty and the “traditional” way for adding a period.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{sectsty}

\usepackage{lipsum} % just for the example

% titles are medium weight and centered
\allsectionsfont{\mdseries\centering}

% we want a period after the section number
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\@seccntformat}[1]{\csname the#1\endcsname.\quad}
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\section{A section}
\lipsum[2]
\subsection{A subsection}
\lipsum[3]
\end{document}

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Unbold section and subsection heading

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