alt Hacker NewsWasnt the original famously in written with Fountain pen? And the typed out version reproduced much later?
Replies
His namesake algo was also written entirely in his head in about 20 minutes at a coffee shop! https://harlepengren.com/dijkstras-algorithm-20-minutes/
Luca Cardelli created the handwritten typeface Dijkstra font in the late 1980s, to mimic the distinctive and precise handwriting of his colleague Edsger W. Dijkstra.
It shipped as a free PostScript font with NeWS:
https://www.donhopkins.com/home/NeWS/fonts/Dijkstra.ps
https://lucacardelli.name/indexartifacts.html
(You have to click on the "Fonts" tab, there's no direct link to it.)
Dijkstra [.ttf (2013 updated version by Reuben Thomas)] [.zip (old PC)] [.hqx (old Mac)] [Preview.pdf]
A beautiful handwriting font of unknown origin, first popularized by E.W.Dijkstra. Excellent for slides that appear to be carefully written, and for short, deep technical notes.
https://lucacardelli.name/Artifacts/Fonts/Pc/dijkstra.ttf
https://lucacardelli.name/Artifacts/Fonts/Pc/Dijkstra.zip
https://lucacardelli.name/Artifacts/Fonts/Mac/Dijkstra.sea.h...
He typed them until 1979 when his typewriter stopped working correctly.