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Typographic terms are quite confusing.
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Typographic terms are quite confusing.
‘Typeface’ or ‘font’? Although these two terms used to mean different things, they are so often confused that they are now effectively the same. You risk being thought pedantic if you insist on honouring the difference.
While ‘typeface’ describes a design that is available in different sizes and styles, ‘font’ refers to a single size and style (that you might have found in a single case of metal type, in the old days).
So while Helvetica is a typeface, 10pt Helvetica Bold is a font.
Adobe InDesign, the dominant graphic design software, refers to font family instead of typeface.
Historically the word was spelled ‘fount’ in the UK, but this is now becoming rare in general use. It comes from an old French word ‘fondre’, meaning to cast or pour (think of iron foundries). Metal type was cast from lead in moulds and, even though everything is digital now, suppliers of typefaces are still known as type foundries.
Myfonts.com includes a lot of good information about typography.