font_designer: Hermann Zapf
Marconi
Marconi was created by Hermann Zapf in 1973. According to Gerard Unger, it was the world’s first digital typeface. Zapf’s design was developed as a text face for books and magazines. The round forms...
Vario
Vario is a bold brush-based design. Created by the renowned type designer and calligrapher, Hermann Zapf, Vario offers superb emphasis for use in headlines and displays. It is availble in both regular and italic...
Zapf Essentials
Linotype Zapf Essentials is the modernized version of Zapf Dingbats and was also designed by Hermann Zapf himself. Over 372 characters and symbols are included within six fonts and make life a little more...
Zapf Renaissance Antiqua
The Zapf Renaissance Antiqua type family was designed by Hermann Zapf for the German Scangraphic Dr. Böger GmbH in Hamburg, from 1984–1986. The typefaces were engineered for use in digital CRT phototypesetting. This version...
Sistina
Sistina is a trademark of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, which may be registered in certain jurisdictions, exclusively licensed through Linotype Library GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG.
Venture
Venture Script reflects Hermann Zapf’s handwriting. It was originally written with a Japanese feltpen. And like with Zapf’s typeface Noris Script he wanted to preserve the rough outline of the handwritten form in the...
Optima Nova
With the clear, simple elegance of its sans serif forms and the warmly human touches of its tapering stems, the Optima family has proved popular around the world. In 2002, when it was finally...
Orion
Hermann Zapf made his first sketches for Orion in 1963. Zapf’s aim was to create a neutral text face that could be ideally used as a newspaper face. Its stroke thickness and open letterforms...