2 YEARS

The following is an excerpt from an interview with Jonathan Hoefler, a celebrated typographer:

Host: If you are going to sit down, Mr Hoefler, with your elevated taste, and write a letter to the Internal Revenue Service saying "You are wrong!", what typeface would you choose?
Hoefler: I think I would try to find a typeface that is as unexceptional as possible. I'd choose probably Courier. It's hard to say, I mean...
Host: Courier is the one that looks like typewriter script...
Hoefler: Exactly, yeah. Not especially economical, it is like a very very short letter filled with many lines as necessary, would look business-like, probably wouldn't call much attention to itself, which I think might probably be good...
Host: And if you are going to sit down and write a letter to Penelope Cruz?
Hoefler: Oh, I'd probably work on my handwriting for about 2 years.