Zapf, Hermann.(1918-2015). German type designer and calligrapher.

Signature of Type Designer and Calligrapher Hermann Zapf on Pressman Fridolf Johnson's Book Label.

1968. 1968. - Cream-colored book label, approximately 2 inches high by 3 inches wide, with a decorative green border and "Ex Libris Fridolf Johnson" printed in green along the bottom edge. Signed "Hermann Zapf / 1968" in blue ink. Near fine. Hermann Zapf was a German type designer and calligrapher. Typefaces he designed include Palatina, Optima and Zapfino. Fine .

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Book number: 94811

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PRINTING; CALLIGRAPHY; TYPE DESIGN; SIGNATURE OF TYPE DESIGNER AND CALLIGRAPHER HERMANN ZAPF ON PRESSMAN FRIDOLF JOHNSON'S BOOK LABEL; SIGNED BOOK LABEL; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; FRIDOLF JOHNSON BOOK LABEL; TYPEFACES; PALATINA; OPTIMA;

MARDERSTEIG Giovanni - Hermann Zapf :

Gutenberg-Preis der Stadt Mainz und der Gutenberg-Gesellschaft verliehen an Hermann Zapf (Darmstadt) am 24.Juni 1974.

2. (Mainz), Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1974, in-8°, 39 pp, orig.wrapper, bibliographies, (series Kleiner Druck der Gutenberg-Gesellschaft Nr.97). .

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Book number: 19693

(Zapf, Hermann); Mill, John Stuart; and Updike, D.B.

Broadside Designed by Hermann Zapf As a Keepsake for the Advertising Typographers Association. Illustrated in Color by Zapf with Quotes from J.S. MILL and D.B. Updike.

The Advertising Typographers Association, 1965. 1965. - An original 20-1/2 inch high by 14 inch wide broadside on creamy watermarked stock. A quote from John Stuart Mill on the subject of art & science is handsomely printed in black & red with a handsome illustration of geometric forms representing science printed in red within an attractive green frame designed by Hermann Zapf. The philosopher's words read: "Art, in any but its infant stage, presupposes scientific knowledge; and if every art does not bear the name of a science it is only because several sciences are often necessary to form the groundwork of a single art." Five lines of text along the top of the broadside quote D.B. Updike who, inspired by Mill's words, has written: "There is, therefore, little excuse for thinking that conditions of labour to-day are very different from those that long preceded them.. [Types and books reflect the state of the arts around them, because on one side typography is an art; but they are influenced by trade conditions, because it is also a trade.]" Credits, printed along the bottom of the broadside, proclaim: "This keepsake was designed for the Advertising Typographers Association by Hermann Zapf". The broadside is signed "Z" and dated "1965" in print within the image. The edges of the broadside are slightly soiled and creased with some offsetting or darkening along the top of the image and hints of foxing. There are also a few light brown specks near the bottom right corner. Good. RARE. Good .

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Book number: 96215

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: TYPOGRAPHY; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; GRAPHIC ARTS; DESIGN; HERMANN ZAPF; BROADSIDE; POSTER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; Z; DATED; JOHN STUART MILL; D.B. UPDIKE; ART; SCIENCE; LABOUR; LABOR; TRADE; TYPES AND BOOKS; PHILOSOPHER; PHIL

ZAPF, HERMANN.

Hermann Zapf. Kalligrafie, drukletters en typografische verzorging, letterontwerpen voor fotozetsystemen.

's-Gravenhage, Rijksmuseum Meermanno-Westreenianum / Museum van het Boek, 1968. 24 x 15,5 cm. Oorspronkelijke omslag. Met illustraties in z/w. 52 pag. GOED EXEMPLAAR

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Book number: 105518

Keywords: Typography /Typografie ;

ZAPF, HERMANN

Hermann Zapf Calligapher, Type-Designer and Typographer. An Exhibition Arranges and Circulated By the Contemporary Arts Center

Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum. 1960, First Edition. Pb. Good.

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Book number: 035704

Catalogue: Typografie

ZAPF, HERMANN. Catalogus 1968-1969.

Hermann Zapf. Kalligrafie, drukletters en typografische verzorging, letterontwerpen voor fotozetsystemen.

's-Gravenhage, Rijksmuseum Meermanno-Westreenianum, 1968-69. 51 pp. B./w. ills. Softcover.

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Book number: 103644

Keywords: Typography Zapf Typografie

Zapf, Hermann

International Calligraphy Today. Foreword by Hermann Zapf. Introduction by Philip Grushkin and Jeanyee Wong.

New York, Watson-Guptill, 1982. Cloth with dustjacket, 29 cm, 192 pp. Ills.: black and white illustrations. 155 outstanding examples of Calligraphic art from 21 nations. Cond.: goed / good. ISBN: 0500233659.

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Book number: 89934

Catalogue: Typografie - Typography

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ZAPF Hermann - Giovanni MARDERSTEIG :

Laudatio auf Hermann Zapf. GUTENBERG-PREIS der Stadt Mainz und der Gutenberg-Gesellschaft verliehen an Hermann Zapf Darmstadt am 24.Juni 1974.

2. S.l., Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1974, 23 x 14 cm, 39 pp, sewn, orig.wrapper, bibliography. Contains a bibliography from and on the typographer and type designer Zapf. .

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Book number: 20471

Zapf, Hermann (1918-2015)

Original Calligraphy by Hermann Zapf for Raymond Gid

Jerusalem: 1974. Original drawing with the initials R.G. for the designer Raymond Gid . Signed and dated. Repaired tear without loss. Hermann Zapf (pronounced "tsáff," born November 8, 1918) was a German typeface designer who lived in Darmstadt, Germany and was married to calligrapher and typeface designer Gudrun Zapf von Hesse. Zapf's work, which includes Palatino (1948, named after 16th century Italian writing master Giambattista Palatino) and Optima (1952, a flared sans-serif, released by Stempel in 1958. Zapf disliked its name, which was invented by Stempel's marketers), has been widely copied, often against his will. The best known example may be Monotype's Book Antiqua, which shipped with Microsoft Office and was widely considered a "knockoff" of Palatino. 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 1935, Zapf attended an exhibition in Nuremberg in honor of the late typographer Rudolf Koch. This exhibition gave him his first interest in lettering. Zapf bought two books there, using them to teach himself calligraphy. He also studied examples of calligraphy in the Nuremberg city library. In 1938, Zapf designed his first printed typeface for D. Stempel AG and Linotype GmbH of Frankfurt, a fraktur type called Gilgengart. In 1976, the Rochester Institute of Technology offered Zapf a professorship in typographic computer programming, the first of its kind in the world. He taught there from 1977 to 1987, flying between Darmstadt and Rochester. There he developed his ideas on digital typography further, with the help of his connections in companies such as IBM and Xerox, and his discussions with the computer specialists at RIT. Zapf used his experience to begin development of a typesetting program called the "hz-program", which Adobe Systems acquired and later incorporated in their InDesign program. Expertise by: Dominique COURVOISIER, Expert de la Bibliothèque nationale de France. Membre du Syndicat Français des Experts Professionnels en Å“uvres d'art 5, rue de Miromesnil 75008 Paris.. Provenance: from the estate of Raymond Gid who died Sunday November 12, 2000 in Paris. Born on November 25, 1905, Raymond Gid became first known through his posters, after having studied at les Beaux-Arts. As a film enthusiast, he designed many movie posters, for example Vampyr de Dreyer (photomontage, 1932), Le Silence de la mer by Melville (1949), Les Diaboliques by Clouzot (1955). But a meeting with Guy Levis Mano (editions GLM), editor and typographer, soon directed Gid towards the book. In 1935, he publishes, together with the photographer Pierre Jahan Devot Christ de Perpignan and Chats, Chiens by Ylla. It is an intensive period of his life period: he meets Dufy, Corbusier, Hake, Lurcat and receives the gold medal for a poster at the International exhibition of Paris (1937). He reacts to the Civil War in Spain with a poster " Help to the civil populations ". Together With Father Carre, « bete-a-bon-Dieu » of the Resistance, Raymond Gid began to design liturgical texts. Apocalypse Six (an extract of the biblical text of Saint John) appeard after the war. It is one of his major works, composed in the Peignot typeface, which was designed by Cassandre in 1937. He designs several post-war period posters, for example Week of absent, a simple Lorraine cross surrounded by barbed wire on a dark background. Right from the beginning of the symposiums in Lure (Provence) in 1954, Raymond Gid participates in discussions on typography, particularly with Maximilen Vox, Charles Peignot, Roger Excoffon. Raymond Gid puts on page and illustrates the Dialogues of the Carmelite nuns by Bernanos (1954), then some pages in Caractere Noel 1955, dedicated to his friend Jan van Krimpen, the creator of dutch type faces. He plays with the breathing of the text, in the manner of Mallarme, as in his Book of hours (1959) or his Apocalypse (1964), adapting medieval text to present day tastes. He also designs posters like those for the Club Mediterranee (1961), Bally (1976) or, heavier fare, like that of Amnesty International (1973). During his whole life, Raymond Gid remained attached to the typographical arts. He liked to try out new characters in his compositions, mixing them with his very free drawings, as for example in Messidor published by the Imprimerie nationale (1989). Jean-Francois Porchez, type designer; translated from french by Babelfish and cleaned up a bit. Links Art and Poster Bally posters Chicago Center for the Print Bally posters Poster Auctions International, New York Catalogue from the personal exhibition at the Bibliotheque Forney, Paris, in 1992. .

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Book number: 16-4922

Catalogue: Ephemera

ZAPF Hermann - Museum Plantin-Moretus :

Tentoonstelling Schrift-en Drukkunst van Hermann Zapf (Duitsland). Exhibition catalogue, Antwerp, 1962 april 18.

2. In-8°, 24,5 x 17 cm, ca. 36 nn pp, with b/w ills. h.t., original cloth. (slightly discoloured). Exhibition catalogue on the typography and calligraphy of Zapf. .

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Book number: 8499

ZAPF Hermann - Schriftgiesserei D.STEMPEL AG ( publisher ) :

Typografische Variationen. 78 Buchtitel und Textseiten als Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten der Typographie und Buchgraphik entworfen von Hermann Zapf.

Frankfurt am Main, Stempel AG, 1963, format in-4°, ca. 200 nn pp , Bound in publisher's green cloth, no dustwrapper. Leather label on spine. Spine discoloured by sunlight. Interior perfect. .

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Book number: 56286

ZAPF, HERMANN; INTROS. BY PAUL STANDARD (ENGLISH), GEORG KURT SCHAUER (GERMAN), CHARLES PEIGNOT (FRENCH)

Typographic Variations, Designed By Hermann Zapf on Themes in Contemporary Book Design and Typography in 78 Book - and Title-Pages

Myriade Press, 1977. Softcover. ISBN: 0918142008. Sewn softcover, 9x6", unpaginated. Light edge wear, spine creasing, else VG, clean and solid..

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Book number: 34315

Keywords: 0918142008