Release date: March 22, 2007
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From A to Zapf! Hermann Zapf¹s story spans decades of rich typographic design.
RIT Releases the latest chronicle of the famed typographer¹s work.
³Alphabet Stories² are precisely what Hermann Zapf tells best. Through his
89 years, Zapf has designed over 25 typefaces, including the ubiquitous ³Palatino² and ³Zapf Dingbats² digital fonts that are included on most computer operating systems; he has illustrated and designed myriad books, and has traveled the world educating calligraphers and graphic designers.
RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press of Rochester, New York and Linotype GmbH of Bad Homburg, Germany have now co-published "Alphabet Stories"<-a comprehensive look at Zapf¹s accomplishments in the graphic arts.
This book is the first Hermann Zapf monograph to be typeset in the new ³Palatino Nova² and ³Palatino Sans² digital typefaces issued by Linotype.
Written as an anecdotal first-person account, the reader is treated to Zapf¹s personal recollections of technical breakthroughs. Zapf reveals milestones tracing his education in 1930s Germany, to his work on forefront of computer-aided typesetting in the 1970s, to the tour de force design of a complex calligraphic font<-Zapfino in the late ¹90s. Vivid reproductions of Zapf¹s calligraphy, production proofs, typographic specimens, and photographs complete the portrait of one of the most prolific designers of our time.
"Alphabet Stories," masterfully printed in color on an uncoated cream-colored paper, includes the illustrated narrative, a plate section, a selected bibliography, and a postscript by David Pankow, curator of the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection, which maintains one of the most comprehensive American archives of Zapf¹s work. The English language edition of "Alphabet Stories" is limited to 300 copies, and is available at http://library.rit.edu/carypress.
"Alphabet Stories: A Chronicle of Technical Developments"
By Hermann Zapf
RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2007
Case-bound in cloth with foil-stamping, 150 pages; 96 color illustrations,
7.25 x 11 in.
Limited edition, 300 copies
ISBN 978-1-933360-22-5, $50.00
http://library.rit.edu/cary/CP_publications/CP_Zapf.html
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