Hermann Zapf

Born: 1918

Died: 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.

Hermann Zapf

Books by Hermann Zapf (50 max)

Manuale typographicum.

About alphabets: some marginal notes on type design.

Typographic variations

Feder und Stichel.

Manuale typographicum

Typographische Variationen: 78 Buchtitel und Textseiten als Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten der Typographie und Buchgraphik; ein Buch über Ausdruck und Form der Buchstaben in den verschiedensten Anwendungen klassischer und neuzeitlicher Drucktypen

Pen and graver: alphabets & pages of calligraphy

Hunt roman: the birth of a type.

Variations typographiques.

Schrift und Buch in der Welt von morgen.

Calligraphic salutations: Hermann Zapf's letterheadings to Paul Standard, the beginning of a friendship that lasted a lifetime.

Hermann Zapf & his design philosophy: selected articles and lectures on calligraphy and contemporary developments in type design, with illustrations and bibliographical notes, and a complete list of his typefaces

ABC-XYZapf: fifty years in alphabet design : professional and personal contributions selected for Hermann Zapf

Classical typography in the computer age: papers presented at a Clark Library seminar, 27 February 1988

The fine art of letters the work of Hermann Zapf, exhibited at the Grolier Club, New York, 2000

Alphabet Stories A Chronicle of Technical Developments

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

Autobiography in type

Kleine Autobiographie in Lettern

Über Alphabete: Gedanken und Anmerkungen beim Schriftentwerfen.

About alphabets

Hermann Zapf, calligrapher, type-designer and typographer: an exhibition arranged and circulated by The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati Art Museum, 1960-1961.

Hermann Zapf, caligrapher, type-designer and Typographer

Typographic variations on themes in contemporary book design and typography in 78 book-and-title-pages

Schrift und Buch in der Welt von morgen

Typographic variations designed by Hermann Zapf on themes in contemporary book design and typography in 78 book- and title-pages

Typographic Variations on themes in contemporary book design and typography

Special issue on the work of Hermann Zapf: dedicated to the work of Hermann Zapf, who holds a rightful place among the masters of modern design. Calligrapher, type designer, typographer, artist, modern thinker : his influence has been profound, worldwide.

Dedicated to the work of Hermann Zapf, who holds a rightful place among the masters of modern design: calligrapher, type designer, typographer, artist, thinker, his influence has been profound, worldwide.

In memoriam Giovanni Mardersteig.

Hermann Zapf: ein Arbeitsbericht

Kreatives Schreiben.

Creative calligraphy.

Atlas zur Geschichte der Schrift

Freedom in text face design

La qualità nella produzione del libro: atti del Simposio 1989

L' opera di Hermann Zapf: dalla calligrafia alla fotocomposizione : scritti, tavole e illustrazioni dell'artista

Poetry through typography

From the hand of Hermann Zapf: a collection of calligraphy, alphabet design and book typography

design philosophy of Hermann Zapf.

August Rosenberger, 1893-1980: a tribute to one of the great masters of punchcutting, an art now all but extinct

The fine art of letters: the work of Hermann Zapf, exhibited at the Grolier Club, New York, 2000.

Calligraphic type design in the digital age: an exhibition in honor of the contributions of Hermann and Gudrun Zapf : selected type designs and calligraphy by sixteen designers

The world of alphabets by Hermann Zapf: a kaleidoscope of drawings and letterforms.

From A (+D) to Z: a festschrift : from the School of Art + Design to Hermann Zapf

ALPHABET STORIES: A CHRONICLE OF TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS

Work of the Stamperia Valdonega: 1948-2008

Calligraphy Revival: 1906-2016

From Here and There

Quoted texts of Manuale typographicum in original or rendered English.