Why has a six year old thread been re-opened?

As to "font", the use of the word to reference a typeface has been used since the late seventeenth century! Although "fount" is arguably "more correct??" the word font is now in general usage both sides of the pond. As in typesetting, the type was stored in a "receptacle" and as a "font" is a receptacle, as to typefaces, it seems "font" is the more appropriate word to use after all.