Question

Is it reasonable to say that one day we can have fonts that are more organic? Ones where the computer knows to vary the same letters so it doesn't appear completely superficial.

I think it would be a very cool concept to start intergrating more organic things to fonts in general. I think the thing that really limits computer fonts is how perfect they are. Yes, they are very legible, but they display a cookie cutter output for each letter. This sometimes detracts from works when computer fonts are used because they are unnaturally perfect. I wonder if it is possible or even reasonable to develop a way for the computer to make slight alterations between each letter. This would give it less of a rigid feel and make it more comparative to hand-written work, which show great variety. But I do wonder what this would do to accessibility because I think it would require much more space on your computer. Overall, I think it would be a cool idea, but like many other ideas, it has its limitations.

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