Zapf in a sentence

Collection of works by Hermann and Gudrun Zapf. citation *Alphabet Stories: A Chronicle of Technical Developments by Hermann Zapf (Alphabetgeschichten, in the German edition).

One of Zapf's projects was the book Feder und Stichel ("Pen and Graver"), printed from metal plates designed by Zapf and cut by the punchcutter August Rosenberger during the war.

To prove its versatility, Zapf set his entire book About Alphabets in the regular weight. citation Zapf retained an interest in the design, collaborating on variants and expansions into his eighties.

Zapf and Burns founded Zapf, Burns & Company in 1987.

Other minimalist typefaces were developed in the 20th century, including Futura (developed by Paul Renner) and Optima (developed by Hermann Zapf).

But Zapf has been providing the free house cleanings for cancer patients, thanks to Cleaning for a Reason, since 2002.

Purdy joins Southwest Strategies after serving as Zapf’s director of policy.

Zapf is facing a credible challenger in Dr. Jennifer Campbell.

Calligraphy Though his calligraphy is considered superb by calligraphers, Zapf did not work extensively as a calligrapher.

Even at this early age, Zapf was already getting involved with type, inventing cipher alphabets to exchange secret messages with his brother.

Hermann the German Zapf is a fine calligrapher and has designed some pretty amazing typefaces that have been over- and badly used, which isn't his fault.

However, because of his heart trouble, Zapf was not transferred to the Wehrmacht but was instead dismissed.

However, it became popular for book body text use, overshadowing the narrower and lighter Aldus, which Zapf had designed for this role.

However, Zapf remembered a page of calligraphy from his sketchbook from 1944 and considered the possibility of making a typeface from it.

If it had been up to Zapf, Optima would have been named New Roman, but the marketing staff insisted that it be named Optima.

In 1977, Zapf and his friends Aaron Burns and Herb Lubalin founded Design Processing International, Inc., in New York and developed typographical computer software. citation It existed until 1986, when Lubalin died.

In 1993, Zapf resigned from ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale) over what he viewed as its hypocritical attitude toward unauthorized copying by prominent ATypI members.

In 1999, Microsoft worked with Zapf and Linotype to develop a new, authorized version of Palatino for Microsoft, called Palatino Linotype.

In a memoir written for Linotype, Zapf commented "The name "Optima" was not my idea at all.

In school, Zapf was mainly interested in technical subjects.