What's so hard about creating a font? Typography noob here: I've been lurking for a while and lately I've been thinking if it would be a fun side project for me to create a new font. I hear it's a *lot* of work, I've been wondering: why? What's the main task that makes it so difficult and/or time-intensive? What separates a well done font from a poor quality font? What are the pitfalls that a beginner is unaware of?

Maybe some of the more experienced users could share some insight.