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> Typeface refers to the set of all the distinct shapes. It's what most people mean when they say "font" in everyday life.

> Font refers to a specific weight at a specific size.

That's a much better summary than the article's "In brief:" sentence.




UK: a font was originally a fount of type (from fountain).

http://britishletterpress.co.uk/type-and-typography/type-syn...

Above dates from the days when letterpress was still around (my local letterpress based jobbing printer closed his shop in the late 80s/early 90s because of repeated break-ins after his lead). Article tends to suggest a fount would be a given weight/style of a typeface.




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