![]() Over time, I found that it was the work of Hermann Zapf that most drew my eye. As well as teaching me directly, he pointed me in a certain direction, and I began to find my way to those sources that most inspired me. I was fortunate to be able to take lessons with Byron Macdonald, who was a gifted and accomplished scribe. In those years it was not so easy to find one's way to the best sources of study. It seemed to belong to another, and higher, order of accomplishment. I distinctly remember a sense of electric connection, of discovery at seeing such beautiful writing, so perfectly executed, in a strong, elegant design. It was Hermann Zapf's 1959 pen drawn alphabet of large roman majuscules in asymmetrically arranged lines, surrounded by quotations written in roman minuscule, italic, blackletter, and Greek. One day, I noticed a poster hanging on the studio wall. The lessons were held in his offices on Kearney Street, where he maintained a lettering studio. Macdonald, the San Francisco lettering artist. Then, I took private lessons from Byron J. Two engraved metal printing plates for Pen and GraverĬalligraphy by Hermann Zapf, cut in metal by August Rosenberger, punchcutterīut long before the 1977 exhibition at the Library, I knew something about Hermann Zapf's work. This, to me, underscored the regard in which Hermann Zapf was held by his peers. ![]() These men – all respected professionals in fine printing, book design, calligraphy or type design - gathered to talk about the man whose work was displayed. One of the exhibition events included a panel discussion about Professor Zapf's work by Jack Stauffacher, Adrian Wilson, Theo Jung, Andrew Hoyem and Sumner Stone. The show was large and filled the library's exhibition spaces on two floors. It was a heady experience when we opened the packing boxes to discover the rich variety of calligraphic and typographic works. Anne Englund, the librarian who then headed Special Collections, arranged this. In November 1977, the Library, with the Friends of Calligraphy (FOC), hosted Hallmark Card's traveling exhibition of Hermann Zapf's work. I had just started working in the Special Collections Department of the San Francisco Public Library. My first real introduction to the Zapfs began in 1977. I am a calligrapher as well as curator of a calligraphy collection in a public library. Perhaps it is these friendships that are most telling in the exhibition. And it is about friendships: the friendships of colleagues, of students and teachers, patrons and artists. In a larger sense, it is about the large number of people interested in calligraphic type design: they are calligraphers, graphic designers, artists, typophiles, bibliophiles, and others who care about the aesthetics of the written or printed word. It is about a generation of type designers working today who acknowledge the example and influence of the Zapfs, and for whom calligraphy is a meaningful inspiration in the design of new types. It is about a husband and a wife, Hermann Zapf and Gudrun Zapf von Hesse, and their work as type designers and calligraphers. Here, she describes the long association of the Zapfs with the Bay Area book arts community and the SFPL's Book Arts & Special Collections Center.Īs much as anything else, the exhibition "Calligraphic Type Design in the Digital Age," is about relationships – relationships between people, and relationships that people have with letters and their forms. Susie Taylor, curator of the Harrison Collection of Calligraphy - and herself a calligrapher- wrote the following as an introduction to the catalogue that accompanied the exhibition. The Zapfs and fourteen other designers exhibited their type designs to demonstrate the influence of calligraphy on contemporary type production. In September 2001, "Calligraphic Type Design in the Digital Age: An Exhibition in Honor of the Contributions of Hermann and Gudrun Zapf" was held in the Skylight Gallery of the San Francisco Public Library. ![]() SexXx圜elebridades - Julia Paes - Pecados da India. (digimob) Occult Mobs Submissions Digest #12 The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn PNEW TS XviD AC3-ADTRG Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise 2006 dvdrip Pretty Little Liars Season 4 Episode 2 -LOL.mp4 Ice Age 2002 DVDRip XviD AC3 iNTERNAL-QiM Anselmo & The Illegals - Walk Through Exits Only (2013) Daughter-in-law of the father was remarried Yui Hatano young mother playing with my Po Ji ○ sexily too beautiful One Direction This Is Us 2013 EXTENDED 1080p BluRay DTS x264-PublicHDĭawn Of The Dead 2004 UNRATED DVDRip XViD-RiVER Tech.N9ne-All.6s.-2011-ĭubstep Allstars 2011ĭungeon Keeper 2 - Silver Edition version 1.2 (Proper)Īlliance (The Paladin Prophecy #2) by Mark Frost.epub IQ Gym: Grow Your Mind - Stimulating Mental Challenge to Get Your Brain in shape - Philip J. James Bond - Agent Under Fire PS2 PAL.iso The Ghost and the Darkness 720p HDTV xvid.avi Command And Conquer Red Alert 3 - RELOADED
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