I didn't see it that way at all at first; what it initially reminded me of is when Latin characters appear in otherwise-Chinese or Chinese-produced documents (m

I didn't see it that way at all at first; what it initially reminded me of is when Latin characters appear in otherwise-Chinese or Chinese-produced documents (most familiar example: the manual leaflet that comes with a cheaply produced electronic widget). But after reading your comment, I can see it that way as well. I think the difference is that it's monospace, which is an attribute of the Chinese documents because the Chinese text usually fits on a grid; and Apple would never use monospace that way (I'm sure there's a folklore.org story about how important proportional font rendering was to Jobs).