In the age of photolitography, digital scanning and offset printing, it is as easy to print direclty from handwritten copy as from text that is typographically composed. Yet the typographer’s task is little changed. It is still to give the illusion of superhuman speed and stamina — and of superhuman patience and precision — to the writing hand.
Typography is just that: idealized writing.
— Robert Bringhurst - The Elements of Typographic Style (p.18-19)