Douglas Hofstadter put some interesting thoughts on the parametric knob-twiddling approach to fonts and other domains of creative expression here: http://www.c

Douglas Hofstadter put some interesting thoughts on the parametric knob-twiddling approach to fonts and other domains of creative expression here: http://www.cs.indiana.edu/ftp/techreports/TR136.pdf http://www.cs.indiana.edu/ftp/techreports/TR136.pdf (Also covered in his Oct. '82 article in Scientific American, Variations on a Theme as the Crux of Creativity)