Hermann Zapf 1918—2015

[Ralf Herrmann]

http://www.fontshop.de/fontblog/hermann-zapf-1918-2015/

[Kathrinvdm]

Serif in Peace. 

[BerndH]

Danke für alles, besonders für Palatino.

[Hans Schumacher]

Zum Tod des Schrift-Connaisseurs Hermann Zapf

(ganzen Artikel lesen, dann erklärt sich auch der etwas irritierende Titel)

[Martin Z. Schröder]

Ulf Erdmann Ziegler auch in der Süddeutschen Zeitung.

[Lars Kähler]

Ich habe es von der ATypI erfahren, wo Cynthia Betty uns verständigt hat.

 

Jerry Kelly of the The Kelly-Winterton Press reports on his Kickstarter
site that Hermann Zapf has passed away at the age of 96:

"It is with deep sorrow that we report that Hermann Zapf passed away
peacefully at home last night, at the age of 96. We have lost a great
artist whose work touched hundreds of millions – if not billions – of
people around the world. Edward Johnston, the father of modern calligraphy
wrote about a hundred years ago that “Our aim should be, I think, to make
letters live... that men themselves may have more life.” Surely no one has
done this to a higher level, and reached more people with their beautiful
letters, than Hermann Zapf."

Jerry has been raising funds to publish a facsimile of Zapf's wartime
sketchbooks, you can check it out here:

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

My best,

Cynthia

[Thomas Kunz]

Sumner Stone — In Memoriam: Hermann Zapf