Hermann Zapf

Recent articles about Hermann Zapf

From punch cutters to number crunchers

Issue 94, Summer 2017

Feature

In the summer of 1983, a Stanford seminar became a milestone in the long transition from craft to code

The line of beauty

Issue 83, Summer 2012

Feature

Script typefaces, currently enjoying an unprecedented popularity, bring a vital element of humanity to the digital age. By Paul Shaw and Abby Goldstein

The digital wave

Issue 7, Summer 1992

Feature

The old manufacturing companies that dominated typeface production have been swallowed and largely pushed to the sidelines. By Robin Kinross