font_designer: Hermann Zapf

Zapf Renaissance Antiqua SB

Zapf Renaissance Antiqua SB font

Since the release of these fonts most typefaces in the Scangraphic Type Collection appear in two versions. One is designed specifically for headline typesetting (SH: Scangraphic Headline Types) and one specifically for text typesetting...

URW Grotesk

URW Grotesk font

URW Grotesk was designed exclusively for URW by Prof. Hermann Zapf in 1985. At the same time, Zapf designed URW Antiqua to go with URW Grotesk. At that time, we were working with a...

URW Antiqua

URW Antiqua font

URW Grotesk was designed exclusively for URW by Prof. Hermann Zapf in 1985. At the same time, Zapf designed URW Antiqua to go with URW Grotesk. At that time, we were working with a...

Palatino

Palatino font

Hermann Zapf’s first popular typeface, based on his own elegant calligraphy, effective in text and display, carrying little trace of the Trump Mediaeval eccentricities.

Kompakt

Kompakt font

Kompakt is one of the early typefaces of type designer Hermann Zapf, whose Palatino has long been a standard in almost every area of application. Kompakt consists of a single weight and was designed...

Melior

Melior font

A twentieth century modern face commissioned by Stempel and designed by Hermann Zapf in 1952; it is based on his thoughts about the squared-off circle known as the super-ellipse. The type was originally intended...