Optifonts was doing something similar to that in the 90s. The results were generally mediocre to bad, but they were going for volume. I've used them in print fo

Optifonts was doing something similar to that in the 90s. The results were generally mediocre to bad, but they were going for volume. I've used them in print for headlines and decorative fonts because you can adjust them manually until it looks pretty good. Both the backstory and the fonts are pretty interesting: http://abfonts.freehostia.com/opti/ http://abfonts.freehostia.com/opti/ http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-27506.html http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-27506.html