font_designer: Hermann Zapf

Palatino Sans Informal

Palatino Sans Informal font

Palatino Sans Informal was designed as part of a group of three font families: Palatino nova, Palatino Sans, and Palatino Sans Informal. Together these three families act as the fulfilment of Herman Zapf’s original...

ITC Zapf Chancery

ITC Zapf Chancery font

ITC Zapf Dingbats

ITC Zapf Dingbats font

Palatino

Palatino font

Hermann Zapf’s first popular typeface, based on his own elegant calligraphy, effective in text and display, carrying little trace of the Trump Mediaeval eccentricities.

Optima

Optima font

Many typefaces are distinctive or attractive at the expense of legibility and versatility. Not so the Optima® family. Simultaneously standing out and fitting in, there are few projects or imaging environments outside of its...

Medici Script

Medici Script font

Melior

Melior font

A twentieth century modern face commissioned by Stempel and designed by Hermann Zapf in 1952; it is based on his thoughts about the squared-off circle known as the super-ellipse. The type was originally intended...

Kompakt

Kompakt font

Kompakt is one of the early typefaces of type designer Hermann Zapf, whose Palatino has long been a standard in almost every area of application. Kompakt consists of a single weight and was designed...

Aldus

Aldus font

Designed by Hermann Zapf for D. Stempel AG, this typeface was originally intended to be the book or text weight for his