Hermann Zapf

Hermann Zapf (8 November 1918 – 4 June 2015) was a German typeface designer.Hermann Zapf: 8 November 1918 – 4 June 2015 He was born in Nuremberg. From 1951 until his death, he was married to educator Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse. Typefaces he designed include Palatino, Optima and Zapfino.

Zapf died at his home in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany on 4 June 2015 at the age of 96.

List of typefaces
Zapf designed the following typefaces:
 Aldus
 Aldus nova (with Akira Kobayashi)
 AMS Euler
 Aurelia
 Comenius
 Edison
 Hunt Roman
 Kompakt
 Marconi
 Medici Script
 Melior
 Michelangelo
 Noris Script
 Optima
 Zapf Humanist
 Optima nova (with Akira Kobayashi, 2002)
 Orion
 Palatino
 Palatino nova (with Akira Kobayashi)
 Palatino sans (with Akira Kobayashi, 2006) Palatino sans informal (with Akira Kobayashi, 2006)
 Palatino Arabic (with Nadine Chahine)
 URW Palladio L
 Zapf Calligraphic
 Saphir
 Sistina
 Vario
 Venture
 ITC Zapf Book
 ITC Zapf Chancery
 ITC Zapf Dingbats
 ITC Zapf International
URW Antiqua
URW Grotesk 
 Zapf Essentials
 Zapf Renaissance Antiqua
 Zapfino
 Zapfino Extra

References

Category:1918 births
Category:2015 deaths
Category:German designers
Category:People from Nuremberg