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Agree with sibling comments. There's something very slippery and tricky going on with "perceptual area," it's not simple geometry. This is actually an area wher
by raphlinus 2y ago
Agree with sibling comments. There's something very slippery and tricky going on with "perceptual area," it's not simple geometry. This is actually an area where I think machine learning has something to offer.
- scyzoryk_xyz 2y agoMrs. Scyzoryk is a typographer, confirms that it’s not just math, but can’t imagine using ML for what is an integral part of developing an „eye” and going through the process.
- stavros 2y agoJust like programming! I can't imagine how we'd teach machines to code.
- scyzoryk_xyz 2y agoYeah and also: new font design is a niche niche niche domain. It’s not like accelerating font development would give us something new. Most of what most of us need exists at this point.
- shove 2y agoMy initial point exactly
- raphlinus 2y agoWell, I have some qualifications in typography, a reasonable familiarity with ML techniques, and am fairly good at math (though I can't claim to have won the Putnam), and I can imagine how to apply ML for this task.
- layer8 2y agoI would think that ML is exactly useful in developing an “eye”.