Zapf Alphabets
Zapf Alphabets is a type foundry based in Germany. It is one of 121 foundries from Germany in the Type.lol catalog. The catalog lists 36 typefaces from Zapf Alphabets: 18 serif, 7 script and 3 display. Its dated releases run from 1948 to 2018. 5 designers in the catalog are credited on its typefaces, including Hermann Zapf, Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse and Akira Kobayashi.
In their own words
Zapf Alphabets is a type foundry dedicated to the typefaces and design work of Hermann Zapf and Gudrun Zapf von Hesse, offering digital versions of their iconic typeface designs.
- Location
- Germany
- Typefaces
- 36
Typefaces by Zapf Alphabets
- Alcuin
- Aldus
- Ariadne
- Aurelia
- Carmina BT
- Christiana
- Colombine
- Comenius
- Diotima Classic
- Edison 2
- Edisonbook
- Hesse Antiqua
- ITC Book
- ITC Zapf Chancery
- ITC Zapf International
- Kompaktstd
- Marconi
- Medici Script Std
- Melior
- Michelangelobq
- Nofret
- Noris Script Pro
- Optima
- Orion Pro
- Palatino
- Palatino Arabic
- Palatino Nova
- Palatino Sans Informal
- Saphir Pro
- Sistinapro
- Smaragdstd
- Vario
- Virtuosaclassicpro
- Zapf Renaissance Antiqua
- Zapfino Extra
- Zapfino Extra Ornaments
Designers at Zapf Alphabets
- Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse
- Hermann Zapf
- Akira Kobayashi
- Zapf Alphabets
- Monotype Studio
- Ferdinand Ulrich
- Nadine Chahine