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Hermann and Gudrun Zapf von Hesse have designed some of the most distinctive
and influential typefaces of our time. This remarkable couple—married over fifty
years—are master calligraphers who met in the milieu of the D. Stempel AG type
foundry in post-war Germany. They have been designing original types based on
their calligraphy ever since, to the acclaim of typophiles, calligraphers and
graphic artists around the world.
Based upon an exhibition presented in 2001 by the Friends of Calligraphy, the
exhibition catalogue is prefaced with six essays on calligraphy and type. The
essayists are Rick Cusick, who writes on the calligraphic types designed by Herman
and Gudrun Zapf for Hallmark; Jerry Kelly, who traces the development of twentieth
century types based on historic and calligraphic models; Sumner Stone, on calligraphy
and the design of new types; Susie Taylor, on the connection between the Zapfs
and the San Francisco Public Library; Gudrun Zapf von Hesse, on her career as
a bookbinder, calligrapher and type designer; and Hermann Zapf, on his calligraphic
types and experience as a type designer. With photographs from the exhibition,
including the work of Alan Blackman, Erik van Blokland, Rick Cusick, Timothy
Donaldson, Jean Evans, Phill Grimshaw, Cynthia Hollandworth, Akira Kobayashi,
Richard Lipton, Jacqueline Sakwa, Robert Slimbach, Viktor Solt-Bittner, Jovica
Veljović and Julian Waters. Edited by John Prestianni. Illustrated
with 167 color images, and a selected bibliography. Published by Gingko Press,
2001. Available at The Book Bay at the Main Library and other bookstores.
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