%0 Journal Article %A Wiseman, Neil %T Computer designed letters %D 1979 %J Information Design Journal %V 1 %N 4 %P 218-222 %@ 0142-5471 %R https://doi.org/10.1075/idj.1.4.01wis %I John Benjamins %X Recent technical developments in photosetting could potentially release the designer from many constraints imposed by mechanical composition methods. Engineers, though, in an effort to imitate the characteristics of the old technology, have failed to capitalise on these new freedoms. The author lists three essential criteria of design quality, and describes a computer-aided type design system that attempts to restore some of the flexibility and richness of calligraphy to mechanised character generation. %U https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/idj.1.4.01wis