Kelly, himself a renowned book designer, fine press printer, calligrapher and typographic scholar, is deeply invested in the life and work of Zapf.

The first Zapf rarity that still has me on a goose chase is Feder und Stichel, or as it is called in English, Pen and Graver : this is the first ever showing of Zapf’s Palatino type in a book ...

In 1956 Zapf left Stempel to devote himself to book design and freelance typographic design. He taught at technical colleges in Germany and America and created typefaces for Hallmark greeting cards.

But Zapf was an exquisite artist, and his teachers, noticing his drawings, encouraged him to become a lithographer. In 1935, Zapf taught himself calligraphy after taking two books out from the ...

Among the most valued treasures in the Cary Collection are the original calligraphic drawings for Zapf’s influential model book Feder und Stichel (1950), the layouts and proofs for the two versions of ...

Hermann Zapf, the German font designer who died Sunday, believed his famous Zapf Dingbats font should be used sparingly. Though Zapf Dingbats, which broke big when Apple integrated it into 1986 ...

Lecture by Zapf biographer, Jerry Kelly "Herman & Gudrun: A Centenary Celebration" Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 6 p.m. in the Cary Collection. Reception to follow. Free and open to the public. The ...

speed read Hermann Zapf, font legend who created Palatino and eponymous 'Dingbats,' is dead at 96 Newsletter sign up (Image credit: The Art of Hermann Zapf/YouTube) By Peter Weber, The Week US ...