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Hermann Zapf

German type designer and calligrapher who's designs include Palatino, Optima, and Zapfino. He is considered one of the greatest type designers of all time.

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Born 1918
Died 2015

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  • Cover of: Manuale typographicum.

    First published in 1952 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: About alphabets: some marginal notes on type design.

    First published in 1960 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Typographic variations

    First published in 1964 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Feder und Stichel: Alphabete und Schriftblätter in zeitgemässer Darstellung

    First published in 1950 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Typographische Variationen: 78 Buchtitel u. Textseiten als Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten d. Typographie u. Buchgraphik : Studienausg. d. Techn. Hochsch. Darmstadt, gesetzt aus klass. u. neuzeitl. Schriften

    First published in 1963 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Manuale typographicum: 100 typographical arrangements with considerations about types, typography and the art of printing, selected from past and present, printed in eighteen languages

    First published in 1954 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: ABC-XYZapf: fifty years in alphabet design : professional and personal contributions selected for Hermann Zapf

    First published in 1989 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The fine art of letters: the work of Hermann Zapf, exhibited at the Grolier Club, New York, 2000

    First published in 2000 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Calligraphic salutations: Hermann Zapf's letterheadings to Paul Standard : the beginning of a friendship that lasted a lifetime.

    First published in 1973 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Hunt Roman: the birth of a type

    First published in 1965 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Pen and graver: alphabets and pages of Calligraphy

    First published in 1952 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Schrift und Buch in der Welt von Morgen.

    First published in 1970 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Variations typographiques.

    First published in 1965 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Hermann Zapf and His Design Philosophy

    First published in 1987 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Alphabet Stories: A Chronicle of Technical Developments

    First published in 2007 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Classical typography in the computer age: papers presented at a Clark Library seminar, 27 February 1988

    First published in 1991 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Hermann Zapf, caligrapher, type-designer and Typographer

    First published in 1961 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Typographic variations designed by Hermann Zapf on themes in contemporary book design and typography in 78 book- and title-pages

    First published in 1977 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Calligraphy Revival: 1906-2016

    First published in 2017 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Work of the Stamperia Valdonega: 1948-2008

    First published in 2009 — 1 edition
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Born 1918
Died 2015

Subjects

Printing, Type and type-founding, Specimens, Calligraphy, History, Book design, Alphabets, Graphic design (Typography), Biography, Exhibitions, Title pages, Type designers, Type and type-founding, specimens, Layout (Printing), Quotations, Art, exhibitions, Artes Graficas, Artists, italy, Bibliography, Book designers, Book industries and trade, Books, Botany, Calligraphers, Caractères d'imprimerie

Places

Germany, San Francisco Public Library

People

Hermann Zapf, August Rosenberger, Giovanni Mardersteig, Gudrun Zapf von Hesse, William Morris (1834-1896)

Time

20th century

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ID Numbers

  • OLID: OL139802A

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Alternative names

  • Hermann] [Zapf

History

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August 10, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris Add birth & death dates & brief bio from Wikidata
August 10, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 9, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import