Gerrit Noordzij’s
The Stroke:
Theory of
Writing

[ translation: 2005 ]




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[ contents ]

Foreword 1985
Foreword 2005
1. The white of the word
2. The stroke
3. The orientation of the front
4. The word
5. The invention of the word
6. The consolidation of the word
7. The great break
8. Changes in contrast
9. Technique
A note on the translation