Encyclopedia > Hermann Zapf

  Article Content

Hermann Zapf

Hermann Zapf (born November 8, 1918) is a prolific German typeface designer, whose designs include Palatino and Optima. Zapf's work has suffered the two-edged sword of veneration, as his designs have been perhaps the most widely admired—and widely-pirated—of any. (The well-known "Book Antiqua" is a "knockoff" of Zapf's Palatino.) He is married to calligrapher and typeface designer Gudrun Zapf von Hesse.

Some of Hermann Zapf's typefaces include: Aldus, Aurelia, Edison, Kompakt, Marconi, Medici Script, Melior, Michelangelo, Optima, Palatino, Saphir, Vario, ITC Zapf Book, ITC Zapf International, Sistina, ITC Zapf Chancery, ITC Zapf Dingbats, Zapf Renaissance Antiqua, and Zapfino.



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
BBC News 24

... as influential (to a certain limited extent) in promoting the take-up of digital television. BBC News 24 broadcasts from the BBC News Centre in BBC Television Centre, ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 40.2 ms