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Gudrun Zapf von Hesse
German calligrapher and type designer (b. 1918, Schwerin/Mecklenburg, Germany), 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. She was a teacher for lettering at the Städel Art School from 1946-1954. She started out at 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 Italic (for Hallmark, 1968), Carmina (1986-1987, for Bitstream; +Light, Light Italic, Medium, Medium Italic, href="GudrunZapfVonHesse--CarminaBold-1986.gif">Bold, Bold Italic, Black, Black Italic), Nofret (1984, Berthold), Christiana (1991, for Berthold), Alcuin (1991) and Colombine Script (1991, for URW, since 2005 available as OpenType). URW Alcuin is a text family with calligraphic origins; its Cyrillic extension is sold by Paratype. In 1991, she received the Frederic W. Goudy Award of the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester. In 2008, Gudrun cooperated with Akira Kobayashi (Linotype) to create the revival and extension of Diotima, Diotima Classic. Wife of Hermann Zapf. |
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file name: Berthold Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Christiana 1991
file name: Berthold Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Christiana Bold 1991
file name: Berthold Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Nofret Bold 1984
file name: Berthold Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Nofret Bold Italic 1984
file name: Berthold Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Nofret Light 1984
file name: U R W Alcuin Pro Bold 2010
file name: Linotype Smaragd
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Alcuin Bold Caps 1991
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Alcuin Extra Bold Caps 1991
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Alcuin Extra Bold Caps I I 1991
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Alcuin Light Caps 1991
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Alcuin Regular Caps 1991
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Ariadne 1954
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Ariadne Roman 1954
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Carmina Black 1986
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Carmina Black Italic 1986
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Carmina Bold 1986
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Carmina Bold Italic 1986
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Carmina Light 1986
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Carmina Light Italic 1986
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Carmina Medium 1986
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Carmina Mediumtalic 1986
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Colombine T L Bold 1991
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Colombine T Light 1991
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Colombine T Medium 1991
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Colombine T Regular 1991
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Diotima 1952
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Diotimaitalic 1952.
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Shakespeare Italic 1968
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Shakespeare Roman 1968
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Hallmark Shakespeare Roman 1968
file name: Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Smaragd 1953
file name: U R W U R W Columbine
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