Hermann Zapf hommage
PALATINO by Hermann Zapf, designed for the Stempel foundry in 1950, is one of the most widely used typefaces in the world today. Classical Italian Renaissance letter forms blend with the crispness of line needed for twentieth-century printing processes, and Palatino’s generous width aids readability at small sizes. Although Zapf originally intended it to be a display face, the graceful and highly legible Palatino is a frequent choice for setting text.
Master typographer Hermann Zapf died on Thursday, June 4, 2015, at his home in Darmstadt, Germany. He was 96. The obituary from the New York Times can be read at: Posted here are a few of the alpha…
Consacré à l’édition, cet ouvrage à la fois expérimental mais aussi documentaire résume à lui seul le grand talent d’Hermann Zapf. Mais le plus grand génie de Monsieur Zapf, est sans do…
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A tribute to Hermann Zapf by Sumner Stone, adapted from a presentation at the Typographics conference at Cooper Union in New York City, June 2015.
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