To be precise, fonts are shoes. (Think about it.)

hhp

Well, neutrality or lack of imagination...

It is true that the letters of the alphabet are abstractions. A particular impression of a letter on a particular piece of paper, whether through printing or writing, is something concrete.

A typeface is also, to a limited extent, abstract, but it closely defines a particular physical realization. (And if one is picky about the "correct" meaning of font, a 20a pile of lead, or a computer file ending in .otf, is something concrete too, although not a written representation of a letter.)

If "letters are always wearing some kind of clothes" then which letters are the super models and which is a real munter? And who is their favourite designer?

And if "fonts are shoes" then which is the:
Jimmy Choo
Christian Louboutin
Manolo Blahnik
Guiseppe Zanotti?

Dr. Martens

Now we're talking/walking! But what about some text shoes?

hhp

Oy. I predict that this thread is about to become a spam magnet. Shoe spammers are among the most frequent on these forums. Not that they need a reason.

Surely a Doctor Marten bovver boot would be a slab serif font?

And I'm not a shoe junkie (my sister-in-law is, £2k on shoes last year alone!)

When it comes to Helvetica 25, the emperor has no clothes.

Doc Martens? Wouldn't they be that monospaced slabbie known as Courier? And those Manolo Blahniks, they just gotta be Bodoni.

It is true that the letters of the alphabet are abstractions.

Accursed Platonist!

Would Edward Greens be Baskerville?

Fonts are shoes? So women have 350 fonts on their systems, and men have two pairs, which are used until completely worn out?

@John Hudson:
Accursed Platonist!

You've got me pegged! I am indeed no constructivist.

And so I think that typefaces are the flesh in which letters become incarnate... which, of course, no doubt saves Helvetica 25's family jewels.