Core texts: Gerritt Noordzij, The stroke of the pen, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, 1982 ; and The stroke: theory of writing, Hyphen Press, 2005
Primary references
Fernand Baudin and John Dreyfus (eds), Dossier a-z 73. Association Typographique Internationale, 1973
Erik van Blokland, Just van Rossum and Robin Kinross (eds), Gerrit Noordzij Index. On the Letterror site http://www.letterror.com/noordzij/index.html
David Cabianca, A study of Gerrit Noordzij. MATD Dissertation, University of Reading, 2005
Robin Kinross, Modern typography: an essay in critical history. Hyphen Press, 2004
—, “Type as critique”. In Typography Papers 2, 1997
Jan Middendorp, Dutch type. 010 Publishers, 2004
—, “Review of The stroke: theory of writing”. In Eye [Magazine], no 59, 2006
Gerrit Noordzij, Letterletter: an inconsistent collection of tentative theories that do not claim any other authority than that of common sense. Hartley & Marks, 2000 (Originals in the Department Collections)
—, “Reply to Robin Kinross”. In Typography Papers 2, 1997
Items for discussion
Frank Blokland (ed.), Letters & techniek. Letters, 1990
Matthew Carter & Eiichi Kono, Rediscovered design: Phone directory. (Reprint), 1990
Wim Crouwel, New alphabet: an introduction for a programmed typography. Total Design, 1967
Sem Hartz, Essays. Serifpers, 1992
Donald E Knuth, Metafont: A system for alphabet design. Stanford University, 1979
Mathieu Lommen, Het promaat van de pen: Een workshop letterontwerpen met Gerritt Noordzij, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, 2001
Mathieu Lommen & Peter Verheul, Haagse letters. Uitgeverij de Buitenkant, 1996
Ladislas Mandel, Écritures: miroir des homes et des sociétés. Atelier Perrouseaux, 1998
Stanley Morison, Pacioli’s classic Roman alphabet. Grolier Club, 1933
Lynn Ruggles, Letterform design systems. Stanford University, 1983
Oskar Schlemmer, Man. Lund Humphries, 1971
Jan Tschichold, “Of what value is tradition in type design?” In Typographic opportunities in the computer age: Papers of the 11th Congress of the Association Typographique Internationale, John Dreyfus & René Murat (ads), 1969
Gerard Unger, Een tegenvoorstel / A counter-proposal / Une contreproposition / Ein Gegenvorschlag. Steendrukkerij de Jong en Co, n.d.
Hermann Zapf, Classical typography in the computer age. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1991
Post-seminar discussion references on Michael Twyman
“A schema for the study of graphic language.” In Paul A. Kolers, Merald E. Wrolstad & Herman Bouma (eds), Processing of visible language 1, Plenum Press, 1979
“Articulating graphic language: A historical perspective.” In Merald E. Wrolstad & Dennis F. Fisher (eds), Toward a new understanding of literacy. Praeger, 1986
Printing 1770–1970: an illustrated history of its development and uses in England. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
“Using pictorial language: A discussion of the dimensions of the problem.” In Thomas M. Duffy & Robert Waller (ads), Designing usable texts. Academic Press, 1985
(MT items in the University Library and the Department Reading Room)