The future font
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I think you have to consider the possibility that the font of the future won't really look all that different. Sure, you can imagine all kinds of cool stuff - maybe we'll all speak Chinese, maybe we'll have dynamic fonts that change from bold to italic when we wave our hand in front of the screen.
But then consider how much computers have changed society over the past 30 years. Now look at the design of your average typeface. Sure there are changes "behind the scenes" to adapt them to a digital world, but the type itself hasn't changed drastically. If anything, the process of standardization has increased the popularity of boring, mediocre fonts like Arial and Verdana. If nothing else maybe that tells you that most people aren't concerned too much with the ins and outs of type and just want a quick way to consume the information they need.