Creative Characters Hermann Zapf in Memorium MyFonts News June 2015 Read in a Browser | Unsubscribe On June 4, 2015, the typographic world lost an iconic figure. Hermann Zapf died in Darmstadt, Germany, aged 96. As a type designer, calligrapher, author and teacher, Zapf was unique. His eye for harmony and detail was uncanny; his flexibility in designing for changing technologies exemplary. In a ca