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'''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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Calligraphy
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