Gudrun Zapf von Hesse

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Gudrun Zapf von Hesse German calligrapher and type designer (b. 1918, Schwerin/Mecklenburg, Germany, d. 2019), who grew up in Potsdam. While studying bookbinding in Weimar, she took up lettering in 1934 and studied calligraphy with Johannes Boehland at the Berlin School of Graphic Arts in 1941. She lived in Frankfurt since 1946 and established her own bookbinding studio. Gudrun taught lettering at the Städel Art School from 1946 until 1954. She started working for Stempel in 1948, and married Hermann Zapf in 1951. Author of Gudrun Zapf von Hesse: Bindings, Handwritten Books, Typefaces, Examples of Lettering and Drawings. Creator of Diotima Antiqua (1948-1952, D. Stempel), Ariadne Initials (1951-1954), Smaragd (1953-1954, D. Stempel), Shakespeare Roman and (1968, for Hallmark), Carmina (1986-1987, Bitstream), Nofret (1984, Berthold), Christiana (1991, Berthold), Alcuin (1991: a calligraphic text typeface done for URW), Colombine Script (1991, URW), and Diotima Classic (2008: a cooperation with Akira Kobayashi (Linotype) that revives Diotima). In 1991, she received the Frederic W. Goudy Award of the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester. Klingspor link. FontShop link. Linotype link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Gudrun Zapf von Hesse [Designer info] Monotype link Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ German type scene ⦿ Calligraphic typefaces ⦿

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