Fonts are a side interest for a very large number of hackers. In fact this page has been submitted before and got 857 points and 122 comments.
Counterpoint: I give a shit about this because I love typefaces / fonts, how they are made and what the history behind them is.
I can appreciate the aesthetics of a font but I found the author's disadulation of the letters excessive and totally unrelatable. They look nice while clear and functional for their use case to me.