It says on all posts on that blog:
Please do not post this article to Hacker News.
Which I think should be respected :) even though it's awesome content!
I wonder why
To prevent the hug of death?
this post was also posted but the author on lobste.rs, where I've previously noticed a slightly anti-HN atmosphere. So I'm guessing the author feels the same way. (that's just a wild guess, I'm most likely wrong...)
It’s interesting, but I’m genuinely curious why one would use this over GNU Unifont.