CreativePro: Hermann Zapf at 87

What becomes a type legend most? An honor-filled blowout for his 87th birthday

Hermann Zapf has given the typographic world a lifetime of creativity and continues to do so. Zapf’s durable and timeless Palatino has transitioned from metal to digital type and remains a classic mainstay of type and design to this day; his recently-released Palatino Nova has successfully updated the design into this modern, all-digital, OpenType world. So what does the type world do when the master turns 87?

A memorable party, in sumptuous surroundings (Schlosshotel Kronberg), with a roster of type and calligraphy names such as Linotype’s Bruno Steinart and Akira Kobayashi, Rick Cusick and Jovica Veljovic.

Whom amongst us who love type wouldn’t want to be there? Since not all of us could be thus blessed, CreativePro.com dispatched John D. Barry to recored the proceedings. You can glimpse how the Gods of Type party at CreativePro.com, here.