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Gerrit Noordzij (2 April 1931 – 17 March 2022) 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 (and doing the math). By the time Noor

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  • Gerrit Noordzij, né le 2 avril 1931 à Rotterdam et mort à Meppel le 17 mars 2022, est typographe, créateur de caractères et auteur néerlandais. Il est connu pour la théorie du trait et est professeur de typographie et de calligraphie à l’Académie royale des beaux-arts de La Haye aux Pays-Bas de 1960 à 1990 où il est directeur du programme d’écriture et de calligraphie. En 2011, il reçoit le . (fr)
  • Gerrit Noordzij (Rotterdam, 2 april 1931 – Meppel, 17 maart 2022) was een Nederlands typograaf en letterontwerper. (nl)
  • Gerrit Noordzij (2 April 1931 – 17 March 2022) 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 (and doing the math). By the time Noor (en)
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  • Meppel, Netherlands (en)
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  • Rotterdam, Netherlands (en)
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