The program becomes a specialized graphic synthesizer, that like its musical counterpart, is just as limited or versatile as the person operating it. Best and better The random principle is good for something else as well. In the early days of digital typography, software engineers were fascinated by the possibility of creating the perfect form. With the computer this was as easy as falling off a log. Add razor-sharp definition by using offset on smooth modern paper, and the result is the best print ever.
Engineers get the warm fuzzies when confronted with such perfection.
The question is whether the ordinary reader wants such an overdose of perfection. After all, a completely balanced page of text can also be completely boring. Perhaps our attention wanders if there are no rough edges. Here too parametric design can offer a solution. In that case the computer is not used as the big leveler that it only too often is, but as a way of introducing carefully considered imperfection.