‘Font’ versus ‘typeface’ (there’s a difference)

From the documentary “Helvetica,” by Gary Hustwit, ©2007 Swiss Dots Ltd.

Until the late  mid 1980s, ‘font’ was a word that one never heard outside of the printing trades. When desktop computing made multiple typefaces available to the general public, ‘font’ entered the vernacular. It now refers to both the typeface—the design and appearance—and to the software file that generates it. read more…