Main entry:

Zapf, Hermann, author.

Title & Author:

Hermann Zapf & his design philosophy : selected articles and lectures on calligraphy and contemporary developments in type design, with illustrations and bibliographical notes, and a complete list of his typefaces / introduction by Carl Zahn.

Publication:

Chicago : Society of Typographic Arts, [1987]

Description:

254 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
Spine title: Hermann Zapf.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-124).
Introduction / Carl Zahn -- The brotherhood of calligraphers. With respect... to RFD. An appreciation of Raymond DaBoll and his contribution to the letter arts. TBW Books Inc., Freeport/Maine 1978 -- Calligraphy. International calligraphy today. Watson-Guptill Publications, New York 1982 -- Notes on the future of calligraphy. Newsletter. Vol. 8, No. 3. The Friends of Calligraphy, San Francisco 1983 -- The calligrapher in our time : a manifesto. The scribe. No. 31. The Society of Scribes and Illuminators, London 1984 -- Th.J. Cobden-Sanderson : "The whole duty of typography" (A calligraphic intermezzo) -- Note to the reader -- Autobiography in type. Motif. No. 3. The Shenval Press Ltd., London 1959 -- Printing types and books. The Penrose annual. Vol. 56, 1962. Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd., London 1962 -- Type designing for tomorrow. Harvard University, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge/Massachusetts. October 27, 1964 -- The expression of our time in typography. The Typophiles, New York 1966. Heritage of the graphic arts. R.R. Bowker Company, New York 1972 -- The changes in letterforms due to technical developments. Techniques graphiques. Vol. 11, No. 73, 11/12, 1967. Editions Michel Brient, Paris 1967 -- The end of classic typography? Konec klasické typografie a příchod doby progresívních čísel. Grafotechna, Prague 1969 -- Future developments and alphabet designs. Rochester Institute of Technology, School of Printing, Rochester / New York 1969. -- In honor of the work of Frederic W. Goudy. Rochester Institute of Technology, School of Printing, Rochester / New York 1969 -- The electronic screen and the book. Grafiska Institutet, Stockholm / Sweden. June 3, 1971 -- New typeface designs in the shadow of protection. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. Washington, D.C. October 15, 1974 -- A plea for authorized type designs. Baruch College, The City University of New York. April 15, 1977 -- Ideas behind my alphabet designs for photocomposition. International Conference Hall, Kyoto / Japan. April 16, 1982 -- The designer in the world of metafont. Stanford University, Department of Computer Science, Stanford / California. February 10, 1983 -- Future tendencies in type design : the scientific approach to letterforms. Visible language. Vol. XIX, No. 1. Cleveland / Ohio 1985 -- Public lettering and visual pollution. ICOGRADA Seminar. London. February 10, 1986 -- List of publications by Hermann Zapf -- The films -- Selected articles -- About the work of Hermann Zapf -- Complete list of type designs (up to November 1986) -- Alphabetical list of type designs. With references to examples for each type -- Index of type designs used from other designers -- The plates -- Description of the plates. With translations of quotations into English

Summary:

"Since 1948 Hermann Zapf has designed 175 alphabets for handcomposition, for the Linotype typesetting machine, and for photocomposition and digital laser systems. These alphabets are shown with illustrations in this book, some of them for the first time." -- jacket.

ISBN:

0941447006
9780941447003

Subject:

Zapf, Hermann.
Zapf, Hermann, 1918-
Zapf, Hermann 1918-2015
Type and type-founding History 20th century.
Calligraphy History 20th century.
Book industries and trade.
Printing.
Documents, Printing of.
Book Industry
Kalligrafie.
Typografie.
Calligraphie Histoire 20e siècle.
Caractères d'imprimerie Histoire 20e siècle.
Imprimerie.
Livres Industrie.
printing (process)
printing processes.
Calligraphy
Type and type-founding
Calligraphy 20th century.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Zahn, Carl, writer of introduction.
Society of Typographic Arts.

Hermann Zapf and His Design Philosophy

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 50702
Call No.: ID Z250.A2 REF; ID:89-B960
Status: Available