Titled: Form Follows Tool, (FVS)

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So I have been working through FVS online course and have been enjoying it so far. I have now reached lesson 4 which is titled Form Follows Tool, this is informed by the work of Gerrit Noordzij, a Dutch typographer, type designer and author (2nd April 1931 - 17th March 2022). His teachings of letters and calligraphy at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague in 1960, created motivation for him to make type available to his students. What I found interesting in discovering was that "he identified the stroke of the pen as the central idea in the making of letter forms, (Wikipedia, 2023).

A quote from Noordzij talking about typography, 
https://www.typeroom.eu/in-memoriam-gerrit-noordzij-1931-2022


This quote resonated with me, when I think of typography I think of letters creating a sense of visual harmony on the page. Type becomes a visual form to guide readers and design aesthetics. This becomes an interesting topic to explore further. 

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