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”
All editions

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]
All Letterletters

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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]
All editions

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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”
All editions

Letterletter, no.2 (spring 1985)
Münchenstein: ATypI [4 pp]
All Letterletters

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]
All Letterletters

Letterletter, no.4 (May 1986)
Münchenstein: ATypI [8 pp]
All Letterletters

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]
All Letterletters

Letterletter, no.6 (autumn 1987)
The seven-times table. Münchenstein: ATypI [8 pp]
All Letterletters

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]
All Letterletters

Letterletter, no.8 (autumn 1988). The grammographic polyglot
Münchenstein: ATypI, [12 pp]
All Letterletters

1989

Letterletter, no.9 (spring 1989). The historical fact maker
Münchenstein: ATypI [12 pp]
All Letterletters

Letterletter, no.10 [autumn 1989]. A matrix of writing
Münchenstein: ATypI [8 pp]
All Letterletters

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]
All Letterletters

1991

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De streek: theorie van het schrift
Leersum: ICS Nederland, 1991 [80 pp]
All editions

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]
All Letterletters

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]
All Letterletters

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]
All Letterletters

Letterletter, no.15, autumn 1996. On copperplate
Zaltbommel: The Enschedé Font Foundry [16 pp]
All Letterletters

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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.3-29Paul Shaw

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
All editions

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.
All editions

2009

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

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.)
All editions

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.
All editions

2013

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o Traço, teoria da escrita
São Paulo: Blucher, 2013 [82 pp]
Portuguese edition. Translation Luciano Cardinali, Andréa Branco
All editions

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Shtrikh, Teoriya pis’ma
Moscow: D. Aronov, 2013 [88 pp]
Russian edition. Translation Irina Smirnova
All editions

2014

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

2015

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

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.
All editions

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.
All editions

2025

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Tah. Teorie písma
Prague: UMPRUM Publishing House, 2025 [82 pp]
Czech edition. Translation Magda de Bruin Hüblová
All editions

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.Dutch Graphic Roots

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

2013

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Jorn Henkes, Rogier van der Sluis, Thom Janssen, Gewone Letters, Gerrit’s early models
Amsterdam: Uitgeverij de Buitenkant, 2013 [72 pp]
Eighteen printing plates from the 1960s, about writing with various nibs.