Gerrit Noordzij
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Gender | Male |
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Date of birth | April 2,1931 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Rotterdam |
Netherlands | |
Education | Royal Academy of Art |
Died | Meppel |
Netherlands | |
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ID | 1421452 |
Gerrit Noordzij Life story
Gerrit Noordzij 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.