<story><title>Hermann Zapf (1918-2015)</title><url>http://typedrawers.com/discussion/987/hermann-zapf-8-november-1918-4-june-2015</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>weinzierl</author><text>There is a fascinating short (19 min) documentary about Hermann Zapf from 1967[1].&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;     The Art of Hermann Zapf
     a film on the purpose and techniques of calligraphy

&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
It shows Zapf doing calligraphy with various tools and explaining how he does it and what&amp;#x27;s important to him. Near the end (14:35) you see him doing calligraphy with a ballpoint pen which is most fascinating.&lt;p&gt;Hermann Zapf said that showing him lettering through a glass plate was his own invention and large quantities of alcohol were involved in convincing the film crew to bring the idea to execution ([2] in German).&lt;p&gt;The film is also a short introduction into the history of lettering from the Romans to the computer type of the 60s. You can see Zapf&amp;#x27;s castle built 1460 at 3:25.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=3jD4CpzIuR4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=3jD4CpzIuR4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.linotype.com&amp;#x2F;de&amp;#x2F;5667&amp;#x2F;theartofhermannzapf.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.linotype.com&amp;#x2F;de&amp;#x2F;5667&amp;#x2F;theartofhermannzapf.html&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Hermann Zapf (1918-2015)</title><url>http://typedrawers.com/discussion/987/hermann-zapf-8-november-1918-4-june-2015</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>weinzierl</author><text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    Hermann Zapf served as typographic advisor to both Dr. 
    Peter Karow (URW) and Professor Donald Knuth (TeX), the 
    pioneers of computerized typography whose legacy we all 
    benefit from today.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></comment>