What is Hermann Zapf?
[[File:Hermann Zapf signing.jpg|thumb|Zapf signing in May 2011.]] '''Hermann Zapf''' (8 November 1918 &ndash; 4 June 2015) was a [[Germans|German]] [[typeface]] designer.<ref>[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1307403978/the-hermann-zapf-sketchbook-project/posts/1253557 Hermann Zapf: 8 November 1918 – 4 June 2015]</ref> 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.<ref name=NYTobit>{{cite news|last1=Weber|first1=Bruce|title=Hermann Zapf, 96, Dies; Designer Whose Letters Are Found Everywhere|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/arts/design/hermann-zapf-96-dies-designer-whose-letters-are-found-everywhere.html|accessdate=10 June 2015|work=The New York Times|date=9 June 2015}}</ref> ==List of typefaces== [[File:Zapf fonts sample.png|thumb|300px|A range of Zapf typeface designs]] Zapf designed the following typefaces: {| |- |width=50% | * ''[[Aldus (typeface)|Aldus]]'' ** ''Aldus nova'' (with Akira Kobayashi) * ''[[AMS Euler]]'' * ''[[Aurelia (typeface)|Aurelia]]'' * ''[[Comenius (typeface)|Comenius]]'' * ''[[Edison (typeface)|Edison]]'' * ''[[Hunt Roman]]'' * ''[[Kompakt (typeface)|Kompakt]]'' * ''[[Marconi (typeface)|Marconi]]'' * ''[[Medici Script]]'' * ''Melior'' * ''[[Michelangelo (typeface)|Michelangelo]]'' * ''[[Noris Script]]'' * ''[[Optima]]'' ** ''[[Zapf Humanist]]'' ** ''[[Optima nova]]'' (with Akira Kobayashi, 2002) * ''[[Orion (typeface)|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 (typeface)|Saphir]]'' * ''[[Sistina (typeface)|Sistina]]''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hutner|first1=Martin|last2=Kelly|first2=Jerry|title=A Century for th