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I'm quite surprised that the original PDF wasn't handwritten anyway, as Dijkstra really seemed keen on that (and back in the olden days, I remember some kind of
by mhd 8y ago
I'm quite surprised that the original PDF wasn't handwritten anyway, as Dijkstra really seemed keen on that (and back in the olden days, I remember some kind of PostScript module that faked this)
- jgtrosh 8y agoI read a lot of EWD texts last year, and he transitioned from typed to handwritten later in his life, about halfway through the number of scripts that he published. From his Wikipedia page [1]: > Dijkstra never wrote his articles using a computer. He preferred to rely on his typewriter and later on his Montblanc pen. Dijkstra's favorite writing instrument was the Montblanc Meisterstück fountain pen. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra
- Someone 8y agoI think you’re thinking of the “Dijkstra” TrueType font (available from zillions of places. I remember there being different versions, so it probably is worthwhile to download a few and pick the largest (or, better, to inspect them for their glyphs))
- mhd 8y agoI definitely remember it being in PostScript (back in the days when that was much more prevalent in Linux and I actually used jwz' scripts to print CD cases). It might be this http://ftp.math.utah.edu/u/ma/hohn/linux/misc/quickscript/dijkstra.qs http://ftp.math.utah.edu/u/ma/hohn/linux/misc/quickscript/di... If so, that appears to be a regular vector font, too, no random deviations or letter variants to make it appear more handwritten.