3-710: The Gerrit Noordzij Prize is given to type designers and typographers for extraordinary contributions to the fields of type design, typography and type education. The prize, initiated by Anno Fekkes during the 1996 ATypI conference in The Hague, is awarded every three years by the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague together with the Museum Meermanno , under the auspices of the Dr. P.A. Tiele Trust. The prize
6-486: A publication. Through the years, the jury has consisted of: Different books have been published about, in honor of, or presented at the exhibitions: Type designers A type designer is a person who designs typefaces . (The term "typographer" is sometimes misapplied to type designers: a typographer is a person who arranges existing typefaces to lay out a page – see typography ) A partial list of notable type designers follows by country, with
9-545: Is named after Gerrit Noordzij , who was a professor of typeface design at the Royal Academy of Art (a course that was founded by him). For the continuity of the prize, the Gerrit Noordzij Fund was created. By tradition, the award itself is designed by the previous winner. In addition to this, each time the prize is awarded, an exhibition about the work of the previous winner is organized, accompanied by
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