RE: Query: Hermann Zapf and/or the 'Zapf Dingbat' type style

["Rodger Friedman" <rf@warwick.net>]

All who would like to congratulate Hermann Zapf on his 80th birthday,
November 8, 1998, may write to him at Seitersweg 35, 6100 Darmstadt,
Germany.

Rodger Friedman
Rare Book Studio
One Mystic Circle
Tuxedo, NY 10987

RF@Warwick.net
Webusers.warwick.net/~u1015057
914 351 5067

-----Original Message-----
From:	exlibris@library.berkeley.edu [mailto:exlibris@library.berkeley.edu]
On Behalf Of Bernd Wirth
Sent:	Tuesday, October 27, 1998 4:30 AM
To:	Multiple recipients of list
Subject:	Re: Query: Hermann Zapf and/or the 'Zapf Dingbat' type style

Satyaprem@aol.com wrote:
>
> Please relieve my lack of knowledge:
>
> When browsing through the recently-announced Catalog from Forrest Books
(No.
> 88, Part 1), I came across two books on Typography, written by Hermann
Zapf.
> Judging from the annotations, Zapf is/was an important creator of new type
> styles.
>
> The Name Zapf reminded me of "Zapf Dingbats", a style that is usually s
part
> of the standard set that comes computer  word processing software.
>
> Can anyone shed light on the history of Hermann Zapf and/or the Zapf
Dingbat
> type style?  Did Hermann Zapf create the Zapf Dingbat type style? Was it
> named in honor of him? What was/is Hermann Zapf's generally considered
> importance in his field?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Sincerely,
> Satya Prem


Dear colleague,

somebody on the list gave a good hint:

When you are searching at the Adobe sites, you'll find following page:

http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/P/P_003.html

Look there!

For all: There is given the information, that really Hermann Zapf
designed the Zapf dingbats (in 1978).

With greetings,

--
Bernhard Wirth
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