Detail from Maria Strick, 'Schat ...' (Treasure), 3rd ed. 1617. Engraved by her husband Hans. She was among Gerrit Noordzij's favorite calligraphers.
Coll. UvA, Allard Pierson.
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Gerrit Noordzij (1931-2022), born on this day. Detail from an 80s notebook. Coll. Allard Pierson, UvA.
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Gerrit Noordzij, notebook, writing exercises pointed pen. UvA, Allard Pierson.
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In alphabetical order:
Croatian – Potez. Teorija pisanja
Dutch – De Streek: Theorie van het schrift
English – The Stroke: Theory of Writing
French – Le trait. Une théorie de l’écriture
Italian – Il tratto. Teoria della scrittura
Korean – 획 : 글자쓰기에 대해
Lithuanian – Štrichas. Rašymo teorija
Spanish – El trazo. Teoría de la escritura
Portuguese – O traço. Teoria da escrita
Polish – Kreska. Teoria pisma
Russian – Штрих. Теория письма

Are there more?

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A collection.

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"Indeed, for me there is not much difference between teaching and research: in teaching I turn to my future colleagues and in the nvestigation of manuscripts I meet colleagues from the past." #GerritNoordzij #Noordzij #TheStroke #teaching #research #typography

The Stroke, theory of writing by Gerrit Noordzij

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Day 04/20
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