I have always viewed making of fonts as a art form with a tradition as long as written music. We take these fonts for granted, but it's amazing just how much co

I have always viewed making of fonts as a art form with a tradition as long as written music. We take these fonts for granted, but it's amazing just how much consideration goes into these things. I have so much respect for talented designers like Jakob Runge. I think it's a rarity that someone has the design chops to know what he or she wants, execute the design on paper, be able to write hours of boring repetitive code in OpenType to get the kerning or ligatures just right, and then make sure that each cultural differences are properly accounted for... As a musician, it's very inspiring when someone pours so much of their personality and time into crafting such masterpieces. Say what you will about the font, but it's coherent and shows you a complete aesthetic world of its own. Beethoven's symphonies may have taken longer to write, and it may have been more difficult, but the love I see from Runge into crafting something that at the end of the day can be replaced by Times New Roman, is amazing and frankly, comparable to Beethoven's. So much respect.