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I believe what you're describing is the contextual alternates feature of opentype. ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms745109.aspx )
Nick Shinn has a really interesting article on many of the features available using contextual alternates, and how he used it in five fonts he designed. Duffy Script in particular was used in the way you're ...
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I haven't played with the randomize function but I have gotten some good results with extensive use of ligatures.
Most the variation in handwriting is related to context: this follows that, that follows this, this is the end of the word, etc. OpenType ligatures can accomodate for a lot of variation if you're willing to plan it out well.
There is also the ...
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Ink traps are a device to compensate for over-absorbent papers and metal type in letterpress printing. They are mostly irrelevant for offset presses. James Felici has an excellent summary in "The Complete Manual of Typography" (highly recommended for anyone working with type). They are mostly irrelevant today, unless you are working on a letterpress project.
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“Concerned” – not so much… “Aware” – definately. The fact is really good fonts should have shapes matched to their physical size. Simple scaling can't always do the trick, or rather: rarely can. Take, for example, Computer Modern. This font has variants intended for use at, among others, 6 and 11 points (AFAICR). Glyph shapes (especially proportion wise) are ...
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