Hermann Zadf was born November 8, 1918 in Nuremberg.
He is a German typeface designer who live in Darmstadt, Germany. He is married to a calligrapher and typefaces designer Gudrun Zadf von Hesse.
Zapf's work, which includes Palatino and Optima, has been widely copied, often against his will. The best known example may be Monotype's Book Antiqua, which shipped with Microsoft Office and was widely considered a "knockoff" of Palatino. In 1993, Zapf redesigned from A Typl (Association Typographique Internationale) over what he viewed as its hypocritical attitude toward unauthorised copying by prominent A Typl members.
Zadf deisnged types fro various stages of printing technology, including hot metal composition, phototypesetting (also called "cold type"), and finally digital typography for usein desktop publishing. His two most famous typefaces, Palatino and Optima, were designed in 1948 and 1952. Palatino was designed in conjunction with August Rosenberger, with careful attention to detail. It was named after 16th century Italian writing master Giambattista Palatino. Optima, a flared sans serif, was released by Stempel in 1958.
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