What creating a simple font taught me about font design

I never appreciated font designers until I tried it myself

A professional font on the left vs my very simple self-designed font on the right. Image by author.

From early cave painting and hieroglyphs to caligraphers and computer fonts, writing has been one of the most impactful human inventions. Whether you are studying for an exam, reading the news, or doom scrolling through social media, everywhere you look and everywhere you…