Very nice! “Using AI to Augment Human Intelligence” by @shancarter and @michael_nielsen shows (and nicely explains) some of the applications of machine learning in the context of type design. Some of those I hypothesized at @typostammtisch in April.
https://distill.pub/2017/aia/
Was Knuth really the first to use vector description of type? Seems unlikely. Bezier curves were used well before that in design, though maybe not for type? (I'm sure @rosettatype knows the history much better than me, though!)
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I think he was. I read the METAFONT papers a few weeks ago and I don't recall him citing any prior art and he describes the Bezier curves & parameterizations as his innovation.
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I am not sure about whether he was the first for either of these.
@ANRT_type would know. But it does not matter so much, Metafont was definitely the most successful at the time. - 3 more replies
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