Hermann Zapf 1918–2015

[Riccardo Sartori]

R.I.P.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1307403978/the-hermann-zapf-sketchbook-project/posts/1253557

http://www.linotype.com/en/1494/thelifestoryofhermannzapf.html

http://download.linotype.com/free/howtouse/ZapfBiography.pdf

 

[Riccardo Sartori]

Following the wishes of Frau Gudrun Zapf von Hesse, a Facebook group to post condolences, memories, and thoughts to Prof. Zapf’s family and loved ones: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RIPZapf/

“Remembering Hermann Zapf”, by Kris Holmes (of Bigelow & Holmes): http://bigelowandholmes.typepad.com/bigelow-holmes/2015/06/remembering-hermann-zapf.html

[Riccardo Sartori]

The New York ​Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/arts/design/hermann-zapf-96-dies-designer-whose-letters-are-found-everywhere.html

FontShop: https://www.fontshop.com/content/hermann-zapf-1918-2015 (with additional links at the bottom)

[Riccardo Sartori]

Sumner Stone: http://www.stonetypefoundry.com/typohjune2015.html

(as usual for Stone’s blog, the text is actually just a bewildering big GIF)

[Riccardo Sartori]

Stone’s essay, properly rendered in HTML: http://typographics.com/projects/zapf/

[Riccardo Sartori]

Creative Characters, In Memoriam: http://www.myfonts.com/newsletters/cc/201506.html