Gerrit Noordzij
ARTISTGerrit Noordzij was a Dutch typographer, typeface designer, and author. He started teaching letters and calligraphy at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague in 1960. Motivated to make type accessible to his students, he identified the stroke of the pen as the central idea in the making of letter forms. What began as a method to make his students into better graphic designers grew, in various iterations and publications, into a comprehensive approach to type design. The contrast cube became an iconic model of his ideas. Noordzij recognised the possibilities of the computer in type design early on. He encouraged his students to not only study the pens and their shapes, but also adopt a critical view on making digital tools. By the time Noordzij retired in 1990, his methods were in use in type classes and workshops all over the world. His book The Stroke has been translated in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Croatian and Russian. And of course, it has been the practical and theoretical foundation of the KABK TypeMedia master for over twenty years.
moreBiography adapted from Wikipedia: Gerrit Noordzij (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Gerrit Noordzij, wall art & digital downloads
Gerrit Noordzij (Dutch, 1931–2022) has 1 public-domain artworks in the Archive Lane archive, each available as a digital download or a made-to-order print.
Gerrit Noordzij was a Dutch typographer, typeface designer, and author. He started teaching letters and calligraphy at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague in 1960. Motivated to make type accessible to his students, he identified the stroke of the pen as the central idea in the making of letter forms. What began as a method to make his students into better graphic designers grew, in various iterations and publications, into a comprehensive approach to type design. The contrast cube became an iconic model of his ideas. Noordzij recognised the possibilities of the computer in type design early on. He encouraged his students to not only study the pens and their shapes, but also adopt a critical view on making digital tools. By the time Noordzij retired in 1990, his methods were in use in type classes and workshops all over the world. His book The Stroke has been translated in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Croatian and Russian. And of course, it has been the practical and theoretical foundation of the KABK TypeMedia master for over twenty years.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of Gerrit Noordzij's work on the site falls under Posters (2).
By movement, it's catalogued as Expressionism (2).
Culture: Dutch (2).
By orientation: 1 landscape, 1 portrait.
Dated work in this group ranges from 1957 to 1982.
Other Dutch artists of the period
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- Abraham Jacobus Wendel — 83 artworks
- Julia Giesberts — 54 artworks
- Otto Verhagen — 23 artworks
- Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman — 13 artworks
- Peter van Straaten — 8 artworks
- Jan Wils — 7 artworks
- Frederika Sophia Cohen — 7 artworks
Prints of these artworks
As well as a free preview and digital download, each of these 1 artworks can be ordered printed, rolled or framed, made to order and shipped locally.