A logo for Algol 68

[Jose E. Marchesi]

> On Fri, May 15, 2026, at 4:52 PM, Jose E. Marchesi wrote:
>> Hello people!
>>
>> Nowadays most programming languages feature some logo, as bizarre as
>> that may seem.
>>
>> We (I and David Faust) have been brainstorming a bit about this, and we
>> think the hypercube may be a good motive for Algol 68, the reason being
>> that, if there is anything that characterizes the language, is that a
>> lot of static semantics are fitted in the syntactic armor, that is the
>> additional "dimension".  It is also a closed figure, stable and
>> "finished".
>>
>> So we started playing...
>>
>>    https://jemarch.net/algol68-1.png
>>    https://jemarch.net/algol68-2.png
>>    https://jemarch.net/algol68-3.png
>>    https://jemarch.net/algol68-4.png
>>    https://jemarch.net/algol68-5.png
>>    https://jemarch.net/algol68-6.png
>>    https://jemarch.net/algol68-7.png
>>    https://jemarch.net/algol68-8.png
>>    https://jemarch.net/algol68-9.png
>>    https://jemarch.net/algol68-10.png
>>    https://jemarch.net/algol68-11.png
>>
>> And came to a simple design in 12:
>>
>>    https://jemarch.net/algol68-12.png
>>
>>
>> Which I think is probably the best.  Then we tried to use shadows to
>> give an impression of depth:
>>
>>    https://jemarch.net/algol68-14.png
>>    https://jemarch.net/algol68-15.png
>>    https://jemarch.net/algol68-16.png
>>    https://jemarch.net/algol68-17.png
>>
>> But, IMO, that doesn't play well with the diagonals.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>
> I like the idea and the overall design. anyone wants to make a vector graphic from it?

I did these with xfig (my favorite ever program for diagrams).  fig
files attached.

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