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Published: 2010-08-05 00:45:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 1958; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 79
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I'm often asked what the difference between a Font and a Typeface is.Related content
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Nice one. Good colours and composition. faved and featured here [link]
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BTW. I realise it isn't entirely precise, but the issue is so muddy I very much doubt anyone would come up with a precise analogy that's easy to remember and accessible to people who know fuck all about typefaces and fonts.
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*fave'd* ... Pithy and visually memorable way to convey the distinction, one that long-time typographers like me find erupting in our brains when type is discussed.
It's not a wholly precise analogy, but that phrasing will serve well. I just wish that Adobe and Apple hadn't misused "font" in the first place, a quarter-century ago, with the LaserWriter and the advent of PostScript.
It's too late to be corrected now, either in design or in the broader computer-using culture {sigh}
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Yeah, I hate using the word font because it always produces the image of a naked marble statue of a two year old pissing whiskey.
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