'If we put more data into our typefaces we can have some very intelligent fonts. Some applications could be quite practical. For instance the data could include the information to create automatic inktraps that would switch on or off automatically, or as specified by the user, depending on the size of the type or printing technique used. A font would modify its outline when it is to be printed in offset, or shown on TV or screened on wood, or whatever.'
—Erik van Blokland & Just van Rossum, Is Best Really Better. First published in Emigre magazine issue 18, 1990
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Looks like van Blokland and van Rossum predictions came true:
'With RoundingUFO considerably speeds up the production process, without loss of quality. All UFO's generated with roundingUFO can be interpolated.
Additional features include: adding ink traps or simply cutting off the corners instead of adding rounding them.'
by Frederik Berlaen, (intriguing work)
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which leads to this (which coincides with the suggestion of Mr. Mark Suarez a few weeks back about learning Python):
http://drawbot.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
