[scyzoryk_xyz]

Mrs. 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.

[raphlinus]

Well, 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.

[stavros]

Just like programming! I can't imagine how we'd teach machines to code.

[scyzoryk_xyz]

Yeah 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]

My initial point exactly

[layer8]

I would think that ML is exactly useful in developing an “eye”.