Noordzij Bibliography
Written by Gerrit
In chronological order, grouped by year.
1970
Reading the journal
The Journal of Typographic Research, vol.4, no.1, 1970, pp.85-90
Broken scripts and the classification of typefaces
The Journal of Typographic Research, vol.4, no.3, 1970, pp.213-40
One page is reproduced here, not the entire article.
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1971
A reply to Alexander Nesbitt
Visible Language, vol.5, no.1, 1971, pp.85-7
1973

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A program for teaching letterforms
Dossier A-Z: Association Typographique Internationale 1973. Andenne: Rémy Magermans, 1973, pp.80-8
Fotografisch zetten met zelfgemaakte matrijzen
Den Haag: Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, 1973 [5 pp]
Photocopied typescript, stapled. Courtesy the Jurriaan Schrofer Archive, Allard Pierson Museum, University of Amsterdam
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1975
Handwriting as design: report for discussion at the Congress of ATypI
Warsaw, 1975. Tuil: ATypI, Committee on Education in Letterform [22 pp]
Die Hände der sieben Schwestern
In navolging: een bundel studies aangeboden aan C.C. de Bruin bij zijn afscheid als hoogleraar te Leiden, Leiden, 1975, pp.180-8
Die Hände der sieben Schwestern
Nederlandsch archief voor kerkgeschiedenis, vol. 56, no.1, 1975
1978
Haags ABC
Compres, no.3, 1978, pp.13-19
1979

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Zeis en sikkel: de kunst van het maaien
Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 1979 [80 pp]
1980
Het verzamelde misverstand van Gerrit Noordzij: de dingen, als je ze op hun kop zet, worden niet altijd duidelijker maar dikwijls wel leuker
Amsterdam: Universiteitsbibliotheek, 1980 [24 pp]
De ontwerper analyseert opdracht en specificeert de productie
Het kader van grafisch ontwerpers. Lecturis, 1980 p.14

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Papier: weet ik veel
Finish, vol.3, no.5, 1980 [12 pp]
1981
Letters: een conventioneel systeem
Grafische communicatie, deel B, Letters, 1981, pp.1-12
1982

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The stroke of the pen: fundamental aspects of western writing
The Hague: Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, 1982 [52 pp]
For the occasion of the tricentennial of the Royal Academy of Art. “Designed by the author, illustrated by the author”
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1983
De burgundische Bastarda: Vortrag am 29. März 1983
Inleiding
Letters in studie: letterontwerpen van studenten in het Nederlands Kunstonderwijs Eindhoven: Lecturis, 1983
De nieuwe letters van de keizer
Tirade, vol.27, no.288, 1983, pp.514-27
1984

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Deliciae: over de schrijfkunst van Jan van den Velde.
Haarlem: Enschedé, 1984 [80 pp]
On the penmanship by Jan van den Velde, with an introduction to Van den Velde by Ton Croiset van Uchelen, twelve newly engraved plates and a reflection on engraving by Gerrit Noordzij.
Letterletter, no.1 (Winter 1984-1985). The art of quibbling
Münchenstein: ATypI [4 pp]
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Schrift en spelling
Compres, no.9, 1984, p.65
1985

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De streek: theorie van het schrift
Zaltbommel: Van de Garde, 1985 [80 pp]
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De streek: theorie van het schrift
Zaltbommel: Van de Garde, 1985 [80 pp]
A special edition of 150 copies for Van de Garde, “to coincide with the trade edition of 1000 copies”
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Letterletter, no.2 (spring 1985)
Münchenstein: ATypI [4 pp]
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Das Kind und die Schrift
Munich: Typographische Gesellschaft München, 1985 [56 pp].
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1986
Letterletter, no.3 (February 1986)
Münchenstein: ATypI [8 pp]
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Letterletter, no.4 (May 1986)
Münchenstein: ATypI [8 pp]
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Zetten bij Thieme, Nijmegen
Nijmegen: Thieme, 1986 [82 pp]
Inleiding
Letters] Den Haag: Rijksmuseum Meermanno-Westreenianum, 1986
Stichworte für Braunschweig
Tuil, November 1986 [9 pp]
Laserprinted notes for a lecture. German
Inleiding tot de fotografie. Het fotografische beeld
Tuil, December 1986 [3 pp]
Introduction to Noordzij’s ideas about the geometry of optics. Laserprinted. Dutch
1987
Letterletter, no.5 (spring 1987)
Correspondence on research in writing. Münchenstein: ATypI [8 pp]
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Letterletter, no.6 (autumn 1987)
The seven-times table. Münchenstein: ATypI [8 pp]
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1988

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De staart van de kat: de vorm van het boek in opstellen
Leersum: GHM, 1988 [112 pp]
Letterletter, no.7 (spring 1988)
Münchenstein: ATypI [8 pp]
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Letterletter, no.8 (autumn 1988). The grammographic polyglot
Münchenstein: ATypI, [12 pp]
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1989
Letterletter, no.9 (spring 1989). The historical fact maker
Münchenstein: ATypI [12 pp]
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Letterletter, no.10 [autumn 1989]. A matrix of writing
Münchenstein: ATypI [8 pp]
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Ikarus op Macintosh: 1
Compres, 27 June 1989, pp.31-7
Ikarus op Macintosh: 2
Compres, 18 July 1989, pp.17-23
1990
Letterletter, no.11 [1990?] The truth about the serif
Münchenstein: ATypI [12 pp]
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1991

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De streek: theorie van het schrift
Leersum: ICS Nederland, 1991 [80 pp]
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De start van de kat: de vorm van het boek in opstellen
Leersum: ICS Nederland, 1991 [112 pp]
Letterletter, no.12 [June 1991]. The logic of book design
Münchenstein: ATypI [12 pp]
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The shape of the stroke
Raster imaging and digital typography 2: papers from the second RIDT meeting, held in Boston, October 14-16, 1991 New York, 1991, pp.34-42
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1992
Jan van Krimpen, 1892-1958: een keuze uit de collectie
Amsterdam: Universiteitsbibliotheek van Amsterdam, 1992 [8 pp]
Letterletter, no.13. The Burgundian issue
Münchenstein: ATypI [16 pp]
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A Slice of space. Photography for architecture, advertising and science using Canon TS lenses
Amstelveen: Canon Europa, 1992. [16 pp]
An introduction to Noordzij’s mathematics of optics, specifically how the lens projects on a tilted plane. The booklet was published by Canon, the optical principles are universal. “Conception, text, art direction, type design, black & white photography, typography: Gerrit Noordzij”
1993
Ruse on trial
Hurwenen: The Enschedé Font Foundry, 1993 [1 sheet]
Het domein van de typograaf
De Gids, vol.165, no.4/5, 1993, pp.267-80
Chiaconna in e flat: classifying type
TypeLab Gazette, 27 September 1993, Antwerp: ATypI Antwerp, pp.17-19
1995
Letters kijken: 1995 [calendar]
Leersum: Bankiva [12 leaves + covers]
1994
Die Schriftentwürfe von Gerrit Noordzij
Typografische Monatsblätter, no.2, 1994 , pp.9-16
1995

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Vergeetboek: de expansie van het boek in zijn ontwikkeling van leesboek tot naslagwerk, van rol tot rom
Den Haag: Colofon, 1995 [44 pp]
Rule or law
Jan Tschichold: reflections and reappraisals. New York: Typoscope, 1995, pp.25-31
Oorzaak als gevolg (filosofische kruimels)
Filosofie & Praktijk, vol.16, no.4, 1995, pp.214-15
The mannerist writing-book and Stanley Morison
Quaerendo, vol.25, no.1, 1995, pp.59-71
De betekenis van Jan van Krimpen
Vormberichten, no.7/8, 1995, pp.30-1
1996
Letterletter, no.14, 1996. Mannerist writing
Zaltbommel: The Enschedé Font Foundry [16 pp]
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Letterletter, no.15, autumn 1996. On copperplate
Zaltbommel: The Enschedé Font Foundry [16 pp]
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Een eenvoudig verzinsel
Haagse letters: letterontwerpen aan de Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten Den Haag. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij de Buitenkant, 1996, pp.6-9
Het primaat van de pen
Van pen tot laser, Amsterdam: Uitgeverij de Buitenkant, 1996, pp.204-11
1997
Reply to Robin Kinross
Typography Papers, no.2, 1997, pp.89-90
2001

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De handen van de zeven zusters
Amsterdam: Van Oorschot [382 pp]
dated 2000, but published in February 2001
2000

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The one attribute this book is remembered for.
Letterletter: an inconsistent collection of tentative theories that do not claim any other authority than that of common sense
Vancouver: Hartley & Marks, 2000 [xii + 180 pp]
2001
The Gerrit Noordzij Issue
Alphabet [San Francisco: The Friends of Calligraphy], vol. 26, no.3, 2001, pp.3-29
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2005

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The stroke, theory of writing
Hyphen Press, 2005, 2009 [86 pp]
English edition. Translation Peter Enneson. Includes the original foreword from 1985 and an additional one from 2005. Corrected reprint in 2009
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2006
Gerrit Noordzij over de tekeningen van Jan van Krimpen
Leeslint, vol.16, no.31 (december 2006) pp.3
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Il tratto. Teoria della scrittura
Milan: Edizioni Sylvestre Bonnard , 2006 [88 pp]
Italian edition. Translation Alessandro Collizi.
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2009

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El trazo, Teoria de la escritura
Valencia: Campgràfic Editors 2009 [78 pp]
Spanish edition. Carlos García Aranda
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2010

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Le trait, une téorie de l’écriture
Paris: Ypsilon Éditeur, 2010 [88 pp]
French edition. Translation by Fernand Baudin, Jan Middendorp (ed.)
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2011
Over de uitvinding van de boekdrukkunst
Haarlem: Hof van Jan. 2011 [single sheet]
Fragment of the “Staart van de kat” (1988) was typeset in Times at Hof van Jan and printed in 170 copies for the Laurens Janszoon Coster Prijs 2011. Letterpress print on gray card.
2012

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Potez, teorija pisanja
Split: Department of Visual Communications Design, Arts Academy, 2012 [92 pp]
Croatian edition. Translation Mirna Herman Baletić. Nikola Djurek, Hrvoje Živčić, Igor Čaljkušić, Dejan Kršić, Damir Bralić, Marko Hrastovec, editors.
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2013

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o Traço, teoria da escrita
São Paulo: Blucher, 2013 [82 pp]
Portuguese edition. Translation Luciano Cardinali, Andréa Branco
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Shtrikh, Teoriya pis’ma
Moscow: D. Aronov, 2013 [88 pp]
Russian edition. Translation Irina Smirnova
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2014

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The Stroke : Theory of Writing
Seoul: Ahn Graphics, 2014 [152 pp]
Korean edition. Translation Yoo Ji-won
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2015

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Štrichas, rašymo teorija
Vilnius: Vilnius Academy of Arts Publishing House, 2015 [?pp]
Lithuanian edition, translation Almanté Triantafyllidou
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2020

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Il tratto. Teoria della scrittura
Milan: Lazy Dog Press srl, 2020 [88 pp]
Italian edition. Translation Alessandro Collizi. Reprint of the 2006 edition.
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2021

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The stroke, theory of writing
The Hague: Royal Academy of Art, Amsterdam: Uitgeverij de Buitenkant, 2021 [86 pp]
Reprint of the 2009 Hyphen Press edition with minor text corrections. New cube illustration by Just van Rossum.
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2025

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Tah. Teorie písma
Prague: UMPRUM Publishing House, 2025 [82 pp]
Czech edition. Translation Magda de Bruin Hüblová
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Written about Gerrit
In chronological order, grouped by year.
1971
Alexander Nesbitt,
To the editor
Visible Language, vol.5, no.1, 1971, pp.82-4
1980
Huib van Krimpen,
Gerrit Noordzij: master of crafts
Penrose Annual, vol.72, 1980, pp.121-8
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1983
Jost Hochuli,
The stroke of the pen [book review]
Typografische Monatsblätter, vol.102, no.3, 1983 pp.28-30
1987
Ewoud Sanders,
‘Vijfenzestig lettertekens per regel, niet meer en niet minder’ [interview]
NRC Handelsblad, 14 March 1987
1994
Max Caflisch,
Die Schriftentwürfe von Gerrit Noordzij, [preface]
Typografische Monatsblätter, no.2, 1994 , p.9
1996
Stijn Verbeeck,
Het midden der aarde
Leeslint, vol.6, no.1 (15 April 1996), pp.1, 4-5
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Bas van Lier,
Een A is gauw gemaakt [interview]
NRC Handelsblad, 31 October 1996
1997
Robin Kinross,
Type as critique
Typography Papers, no.2, 1997, pp.77-87
2000
Paul Stiff,
Spaces and difference in typography
Typography Papers, no.4, 2000, pp.92-130
Hans Bouman,
Gerrit Noordzij: een eigenzinnig typograaf [interview]
De Uitgever, October 2000, pp. 12-13
2001

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Frank E. Blokland, Erik van Blokland, Reynoud Homan, Eveline den Heijer, Henk van Leyden, Jack Verduyn Lunel, Gerrit Noordzij, Huug Schipper, et al.,
Het primaat van de pen: een workshop letterontwerpen met Gerrit Noordzij
Den Haag: Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, (February 16, 2001) [48 pp]
Published for the Gerrit Noordzij Prize
Jan Goossensen,
Heilige letters: uit de grabbelton van Gerrit Noordzij [interview]
HN, vol.57, no.11 (17 March 2001), pp.6-7
Reviews of De handen van de zeven zusters
Willem Dijkhuis, Financiële Dagblad, 10 March 2001, Mathieu Lommen, Items, no.3, 2001, pp.98-99., Guus Middag, NRC Handelsblad, 2 March 2001, p.33, Maartje Somers, Het Parool, 16 February, 2001, Lisa Kuitert, Vrij Nederland, 10 March 2001, pp.65
2004
Jan Middendorp,
Gerrit Noordzij,teacher & master of crafts
Dutch Type, 2004 pp.150-157,175
2006
Aafke Boerma,
‘De mooiste letter? …die maak ik morgen”
Leeslint, vol.16, no.31 (december 2006) pp.1-2
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2007

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Karel Kuitenbrouwer, Sybrand Zijlstra (ed.),
Gerrit Noordzij
No.9 in the Roots series. [Z]OO Productions, 2007 [16 pp]
The printed publication is in Dutch. The web version was translated to English. Material by Peter Verheul, Wim Westerveld and Jan Middendorp.
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2011

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Wim Crouwel, Bernt Schneiders, Gerrit Noordzij, Huug Schipper, Peter Verheul, Robin Kinross, Willem Jan Otten, Jaap Blansjaar, Wouter van Oorschot,
Gerrit Noordzij Laurens Janszoon Costerprijs 2011
Stichting Laurens Janszoon Coster, Haarlem. 2011 [64 pp]
Book design Christoph Noordzij. Typeset in TEFF Ruit
