| LC control no. | n 50015778 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Zapf, Hermann |
| Birth date | 1918-11-08 |
| Death date | 2015-06-04 |
| Place of birth | Nuremberg (Germany) |
| Place of death | Darmstadt (Germany) |
| Field of activity | Type and type-founding |
| Profession or occupation | Type designers |
| Found in | His William Morris, 1949. Meister der Schrift, Hermann Zapf, c2002: t.p. (Hermann Zapf) p. 79 (b. Nov. 8, 1918 in Nürnberg; lives and works today in Darmstadt) Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1918) New York times (online), viewed June 10, 2015 (in obituary published June 9: Hermann Zapf; b. Nov. 8, 1918, Nuremberg; d. Thursday [June 4, 2015], Darmstadt, aged 96; his calling in life--"to create beautiful letters," as one of his students put it--found expression in lush, steady-handed calligraphy and in subtly inventive typefaces that have brought words to readers on paper, on signposts, on monuments, and on computer screens for more than half a century) |
| Associated language | ger |
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