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.
Born | 1918 |
Died | 2015 |
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Born | 1918 |
Died | 2015 |
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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 Industry, Book designers, Book industries and trade, Books, Botany, CalligraphersPeople
Hermann Zapf, August Rosenberger, Giovanni Mardersteig, Gudrun Zapf von Hesse, William Morris (1834-1896)Time
20th centuryID Numbers
- OLID: OL139802A
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- Hermann] [Zapf
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 |