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 ...

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 ...

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They were protégés of legendary designer Hermann Zapf, whose own Zapf Dingbats font, another collection of odd symbols, broke ground when it was distributed with Apple Printers in the mid-1980s.

Font sharing across platforms, and even between previous Mac operating systems, ... (In the case of Zapf Dingbats, when it was converted from PostScript or TrueType to OpenType format, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...