I suck at typography
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EricJ does you a great disservice. Like any artform, of course typography is something you learn. that is a given
But seeing it with "clarity", and having skill mean understanding fundamental rules and type history. I am a self taught designer by and large, practicing for 10 years now and when I got serious with the reading is when I got serious with my design.
I'm sure there are tons and tons of esigerns on NT that coudn't tell you what a humanist serif face was, or what a rational axis was, or give any historical insight into the reasons they choose typefaces other than trend or taste.
history and type fundamentals, which have evolved over 375 years cannot be ad-libbed, and if you don;t know them, in my opinion, you will never be able to make truly informed typgraphic decisions.
you are an artist who happens to work with type then, and these are 2 different things. Not a bad thing, but if you want to get good w/ type, learn your shit. You'll be more confident as you practice, which is of course the only other toool you have to train yourself.