On Making My Own Fonts

After our class discussion yesterday on professional text designers who make awesome fonts for a living, I remembered my days as a child where I would doodle for hours and attempt to make my own distinct font as well. I remember that my reasoning for having my own font was just so I could have an unique and cool signature when I grew up and became famous. Whether it was on a baseball or the back of a napkin, people would recognize my name because of how amazing it appeared. It was a search for originality that I had given up on because I would simply tire of it due to the inefficiency of writing a cool-looking text (a single letter could take up to a couple minutes of reworking until I thought it looked perfect) or because I thought it was impossible for my creation to be original enough. Thus, I am jealous of the people who are just making texts out there, doing something I did as a child and somehow living off of it.