Hermann Zapf was born on 8 November 1918 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. He was married to Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse. He died on 4 June 2015 in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany.
His best-known fonts include Palatino, Optima, Melior, and Zapfino. Zapf Dingbats is a collection of symbols that became popular when it was built into an Apple laser printer in the 1980s.
