But starting in 1985, Apple’s laser printers included a resident font called Zapf Dingbats—designed by legendary font designer Hermann Zapf—and the world began puzzling over just what the ...

Hermann Zapf, the German font designer who died Sunday, believed his famous Zapf Dingbats font should be used sparingly.Though Zapf Dingbats, which broke big when Apple integrated it into 1986’s ...

In the rarified, slightly arcane world of typography and font design, Hermann Zapf was a giant. You may know his name from the fonts Zapfino and Zapf Dingbats, a pre-emoji set of symbols, but he ...

The humble dingbat was efficient as well as decorative. German calligrapher Hermann Zapf drew on old printing traditions when he created the modern, computer-ready Zapf Dingbats font in the late ...

Font conference: should we let Zapf Dingbats in? With the debate raging over whether IKEA should have killed off Futura font, we thought it a fitting moment to screen College Humour’s minor ...

Hermann Zapf, the typeface designer responsible for iconic fonts such as Optima, Palatino, and Zapf Dingbats, has passed away By Will Speros Photography by Farley Baricuatro/Getty Images May 31, 2015 ...

Hermann Zapf, font designer - obituary Master of calligraphy who designed some of the world’s best-known fonts, such as Palatino and Optima 18 June 2015 • 6:35pm ...