This makes sense to me, as I had the same impression; my theory is that it is the diversity and the individuality of the letters in the text that makes reading

This makes sense to me, as I had the same impression; my theory is that it is the diversity and the individuality of the letters in the text that makes reading easier, and slight imperfections and irregularities only add to this. The "brutalist" digital version, on the other hand, seemed to me more of a demonstration of how far one can go using tricks without anyone noticing.