A better phrasing was used by someone on a panel at SXSW (Frank Chimero, perhaps? Jason Santa-Maria?). Anyway, they were conveying the idea that a font is a dig

A better phrasing was used by someone on a panel at SXSW (Frank Chimero, perhaps? Jason Santa-Maria?). Anyway, they were conveying the idea that a font is a digital representation of a typeface, and they used this analogy: Song : MP3 :: Typeface : Font I agree, though, that making a big deal out of people getting it wrong is a sign of insecurity and pretentiousness.