Hermann Zapf
German type-designer, calligrapher, author and artist (1918-2015) · Germany · On the map · Writers · Died at 96
Hermann Zapf was a German type designer and calligrapher who lived in Darmstadt, Germany. He was married to the calligrapher and typeface designer Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse. Typefaces he designed include Palatino, Optima, and Zapfino. He is considered one of the greatest type designers of all time.
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2015Died4 June 20152010Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward2007Goethe-Plakette des Landes HessenAward2003SOTA Typography AwardAward1979Johann Heinrich Merck HonourAward1918Born8 November 1918
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Specimens of typefaces designed by Zapf
Zapf signing test glass panels at RIT, May 2007
Automated justification in a demonstration from the 1980s or 1990s, based on concepts developed by Zapf and implemented by URW; the technology was later purchased by Adobe and added to its InDesign software
Zapf teaching at the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1980
A range of Zapf typeface designsAwards
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Germany
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Writers
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Lived 1918 to 2015 · aged 96
