Hermann Zapf

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Created Fonts: Over 200 Fonts

            1938-Gilgengart
                        1st created font he made.
            1941- Fraktur Blackletter
            1949- Palatino
                        Created after studying August Rosenberg Punch cutting and Serif fonts
                        Named after the 16th Century Italian writer Giambttista Palatino.
                        Open counters and weighted strokes
            1950- Michelangelo and Sistina
                        Sistina was originally called “Aurella Tilting”
                        Originally all caps and now in small caps.
            1952- Melior and Saphir
            1958- Optima
                        San-Serif Font
                        Classically Roman Proportion Characters
                        Based on Golden Sections
                        Was first a displayed face
                        Then later became a text type after talking to Monroe Wheeler
                        Zapf did not name this font the directors of Stempel did.
                        Was used to engrave names for the Vietnam War Memorial
            1972- Marconi
                        Digital use only
                        Large and open lowercase
            1979- Zapf Chancery
            Zapf Ding dots
            Zapf International
            Zapf Renaissance