Type Snobs

[cerulean]

Good point. Equestria? They seem happy with pictographs and greeking.

[oldnick]

Dennis,

Compared to where? Well, I have it on good authority that Vulcans find Arial to be a perfectly logical choice for documents of a straightforward and non-prejudicial informational nature.

[chrisburton]

Is it wrong to educate those who use the terms in the wrong way?

[oldnick]

Chris—

Do you have an "unlimited" calling plan? Are those "free" offers really free*?

[processcamera]

Speaking for myself, I am always going to regard "typeface" as a practical description for a design family of raised mechanical letters that press or strike directly against paper. The term is useful and correct as it relates to letterpress or typewriter printing, but it is not more educated or professional than "font" when applied to photo or digital typography.

[oldnick]

@processcamera

Actually, it's quite the opposite. In metal type terminology, a font is a set of letters of a particular style, in a particular size: e.g., 10 pt. Clarendon Bold. 12 pt Clarendon Bold would be another font. Since the digital versions can render the typeface in a very wide variety of different sizes, "font" simply doesn't work...