How do I make a "readonly" input look like normal text?

I got:

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<textarea class=”maxwidth” name=”description” onKeyDown=”limitText(this.form.description,this.form.countdown,100);”
onKeyUp=”limitText(this.form.description,this.form.countdown,100);”>
</textarea><br>
<span style=”color:gray;font-size:10px;”>(Maximum characters: 100)<br>
You have <input readonly type=”text” name=”countdown” size=”2″ value=”100″> characters left.</span>

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I also have an external script which is too long. The above shows how many more characters can be typed. However, the number displaying the number of characters left looks like a <input type=”text”>. How do I make it look like the normal text?

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