Hermann Zapf (born in Nuremberg, Germany on November 8, 1918) is a prolific German typeface designer. He is married to calligrapher and typeface designer Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse .

Zapf's work has suffered the two-edged sword of veneration, as his designs, which include Palatino and Optima, have been perhaps the most widely admired – and widely-pirated – of any. (The well-known Book Antiqua shipped with Microsoft programs is a "knockoff" of Palatino.)

Some of Hermann Zapf's typefaces include: Aldus, AMS Euler, 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 .

External links

• http://www.hermannzapf.de/

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