The video on punch cutting was eye opening to say the least. Coming from a generation where nearly all letters are created with keyboards, and used in tweets and statuses, it is very shocking to learn how typefaces were first created and reproduced. The tedious process of punch cutting makes me very much appreciate the modern day inventions that make the practice useless and outdated. For a world where I have to hand draw every single letter is not a world I want to live in. At first when I came to class and was told to get out tracing paper to trace letters, I immediately panicked and wanted to flee the classroom. However, after much trial and errors, I learned that the seemingly ancient and outdated process can actually teach us very important elements of design, such as choosing the correct typeface and letter spacing.