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Last edited by Tom Morris
August 10, 2023 | History
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Hermann Zapf

1918 - 2015

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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  • Cover of: William Morris: sein Leben und Werk in der Geschichte der Buch- und Schriftkunst

    First published in 1949 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Feder und Stichel: Alphabete und Schriftblätter in zeitgemässer Darstellung

    First published in 1950 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Pen and graver: alphabets and pages of Calligraphy

    First published in 1952 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Manuale typographicum.

    First published in 1952 8 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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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 in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Autobiography in type

    First published in 1956 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Kleine Autobiographie in Lettern

    First published in 1956 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: About alphabets

    First published in 1960 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Über Alphabete: Gedanken und Anmerkungen beim Schriftentwerfen.

    First published in 1960 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Hermann Zapf, calligrapher, type-designer and typographer: an exhibition arranged and circulated by The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati Art Museum, 1960-1961.

    First published in 1960 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: About alphabets: some marginal notes on type design.

    First published in 1960 5 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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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: 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 in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Typographic variations on themes in contemporary book design and typography in 78 book-and-title-pages

    First published in 1964 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Typographic variations

    First published in 1964 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Hunt Roman: the birth of a type

    First published in 1965 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Variations typographiques.

    First published in 1965 2 editions in 2 languages
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  • Cover of: Schrift und Buch in der Welt von morgen

    First published in 1970 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Schrift und Buch in der Welt von Morgen.

    First published in 1970 2 editions in 1 language
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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 in 1 language
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Subjects
Printing, Type and type-founding, Specimens, Calligraphy, History, Book design, Graphic design (Typography), Alphabets, Biography, Exhibitions, Title pages, Type designers, Layout (Printing), Art, exhibitions, Artes Graficas, Artists, italy, Bibliography, Book designers, Book industries and trade, Books, Botany, Calligraphers, Caractères d'imprimerie, Citations, maximes, Computerized typesetting
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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  • OLID: OL139802A

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  • Hermann] [Zapf

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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