Am I wrong? Type vs. Web Typography

[chrisburton]

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Am I wrong to think it should be "type" when I hear/read "Web Typography"?

Or even when others refer to Typography when it comes to the typefaces on a site?

[5star]

Yes x 2.

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[Ralf H.]

Do you have an example of this “wrong use”? Typography IS choosing and using fonts, so there is nothing wrong with talking about web typography, as long as typography and type are not used as synonyms.

[Frode Bo Helland]

Or “we had a typographer design a custom font for us”.

[chrisburton]

Ralf H.

Typography IS choosing and using fonts

So essentially a Typographer is a person who chooses typefaces? If that were the case, isn't everyone a "Typographer"? At least anyone who goes into Microsoft Word and chooses a typeface.

[Ryan Maelhorn]

Technically in today's computer world, yes. Of course you could always consider anyone who owns a pipe wrench to be a professional plumber too.

[chrisburton]

Haha. Well that certainly clears things up on my end. Appreciate it, guys.

[oldnick]

you could always consider anyone who owns a pipe wrench to be a professional plumber too

Ryan, you are living testimony to that proposition…