[OpenFontLibrary] Fonts/Typefaces distinction

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>One of the terms was the Fonts/Typefaces  distinction.
>
>Nicolas felt that the current v2 site uses the term  "typefaces" too
>much (I hope you can explain here why) and I feel that  since people
>who make new fonts/typefaces talk about themselves as  typeface
>designers and talk about typefaces, we should "speak their  language"
>as much as possible; and that the distinction between the two  is quite
>a fine detail and its okay to refer to each as the other when  not
>talking precisely.
 
I suppose I must disagree due to the vast difference between a typeface and 
 a font in terms of the U.S. law.
Typefaces are public domain functional objects, while fonts are copyrighted 
 software.
 
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