Roughly speaking typeface is the design and font is the digital file. It dates back from time when fonts were made of lead in a wooden case and is ill suited t

Roughly speaking typeface is the design and font is the digital file. It dates back from time when fonts were made of lead in a wooden case and is ill suited to our digital world. A modern approximation of typeface is "font-family". That being said ,except for typography nerds nobody gives a s* about that, and unless you're on a design forum the two are interchangeable.