Then the honeymoon ends. Fast. Unfortunately, as much as I love all things related to typography and type design, a few things always get in the way. For one, a single typeface is only so useful; to really contribute something significant, I’d like to flesh out a complete family with at least a bold weight and corresponding obliques or italics. But that’s a shitvat of work, and 9 times out of 10 my attention has drifted off to something else (like cat videos on YouTube) before the thought has even finished crossing my mind.

Then I consider the idea of kerning and whatever interest I had left in the endeavor is shot straight to hell. In fact, let me clarify my earlier comment about loving all things related to typography and type design: I love all things related to typography and type design except kerning, which is the single most miserable experience a human can endure without literally being on fire. Literally. And this is coming from someone who never exaggerates. I’d rather get a root canal and a vasectomy at the same time. At the DMV. While watching every season of Two and a Half Men simultaneously. While getting a hernia exam from a hobo. I’ll go so far as to officially proclaim that I will never create a complete typeface until the day comes when kerning is entirely automated by an army of superintelligent robots (preferably sexy robots, but those clunky square-shaped ones are fine too).