From 1977 until 1987, he was vice president of Design Processing, Inc., New York (which he founded with his friends Aaron Burns and Herb Lubalin), and professor of Typographic Computer Programs, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York. From 1956 until 1973, he was consultant for Mergenthaler Linotype Company, Brooklyn and Frankfurt. From 1946 until 1956, he was type director at D. He studied typography from 1938 until 1941 in Paul Koch's workshop in Frankfurt. He created alphabets for metal types, photocomposition and digital systems. He is best known for Palatino, Optima, Melior, Zapf Dingbats, Zapfino, and ITC Zapf Chancery. Most of his life, he lived in Darmstadt, where he died in 2015. Prolific master calligrapher and type designer, born in Nuremberg in 1918. TYPE DESIGN INFORMATION PAGE last updated on
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