In strict terms, a font is not a font at all. The word is erroneous in spelling. A "fount" would be the correct terminology; somewhere along the way (probably b

In strict terms, a font is not a font at all. The word is erroneous in spelling. A "fount" would be the correct terminology; somewhere along the way (probably because of mispronunciation), the spelling was changed. If he's going to go full pedant on this, he might as well disregard the word altogether.