Browse DSIDetails of the item << Previous Next >> Zapf Hermann H. Z. ; typographer and bookbinder Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse (1918-xxxx) 1918 in Nürnberg / Nuremberg, Germany 2015 public school of Nürnberg / Nuremberg; training in electrical engineering (until 1933), then employed as a photo-retoucher; self-trained calligrapher Germany employed by Stempel type foundry in Frankfurt 1946-56; lecturer for typography at today's Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) in Offenbach botanical drawing ; mostly known as calligrapher, typographer and graphic designer obituary in www.fontshop.de/fontblog/hermann-zapf-1918-2015/ ; Lawrence 1968: 256-7 ; H. Z. designed the fonts Palatino, Aldus, Optima, ITC Zapf Chancery, ITC Zapf Dingbats & Zapfino. 74000639
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