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Re:The fight over the Doves: A legendary typeface gets a sec... by crawfordcomeaux on Wednesday December 25, 2013 @08:46PM (#6964975)
I wonder how well an automated recreation would work. What would come from taking scans of works using the typeface and taking the intersection of each instance of each letter?
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Re:The fight over the Doves: A legendary typeface gets a sec... by eru on Thursday December 26, 2013 @12:12AM (#6965325)
Intersection might be the wrong operation. In general, you'd be solving an `inverse problem' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_problem).
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