The Noordzij Index
A collection of material relating to Gerrit Noordzij, maintained by the TypeMedia department. We have a growing bibliography, there is a list of editions and translations of The Stroke. And there are links to various collections.
Image: Just van Rossum
The Noordzij cube, redrawn in perspective by Just van Rossum. Used for the 2021 edition of the Stroke.
Photo Berserik
Interview with Robin Kinross
In 2001 Robin Kinross and Françoise Berserik spoke with Gerrit Noordzij in Hattem. → Interview
Photo LettError
Detail of Plate 3, Recueil de Planches de L’Encyclopédie Par Ordre de Matières, Paris, 1783
The Meaning of Writing
A short essay on the different meaning of the word writing. Contributed to typemedia.org by Gerrit Noordzij. The essay is unpublished and unfortunately not dated. → Article
Photo: TypeMedia
Different Stroke editions. And a cube.
The Stroke, 2019-2025 edition
The current edition of ‘The stroke’ is published by Uitgeverij de Buitenkant and the Royal Academy of Art.
→ Order at Uitgeverij de Buitenkant
→ At the TypeMedia office in the KABK.
Image: Kat Ran Press
A stamp collection at the Kat Ran Press
Stamps by type designers
Michael Russem maintains a collection of “Postage Stamps by Type Designers”. This is the page with Noordzij’s work. → Kat Ran Press
Image: Erik van Blokland
On the Noordzij cube, 2019
The Cube: practical research in theoretical models, a talk by Erik van Blokland. June 17, 2019 in the Rose Auditorium at The Cooper Union as part of Type@Cooper’s Lubalin Lecture Series. → Vimeo. This is a page on building a real cube → article on LettError.com
Image: Kenneth van Zijl
Noordzij at the opening of the GNp exhibition at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1996.
Image: Frank Grießhammer, source: flickr
Photos on Flickr
A collection of Noordzij photos → at Flickr
Video still Tipocracia
TDC Award, 2013
On October 10, 2013 the Type Directors Club awarded the TDC medal to Noordzij. This is a video of his acceptance speech → at YouTube
Gerrit’s notes for the speech, → [PDF] after receiving the TDC Medal
Photo: TYPO / FSI
TYPO Berlin, 2014
Interview and lecture with Jürgen Siebert in 2014. Gerrit Noordzij was scheduled to present at the TYPO Berlin in 2014. Health issues prevented him from making the trip, so Jürgen Siebert and Erik van Blokland traveled to Hattem instead to make this recording. German language. Camera: Maarten Toner. → YouTube