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	Zapf GmbH Zapf is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse (1918–2019), German typographer and calligrapher, wife of Hermann Zapf * Helmut Zapf (born 1956), German composer * Hermann Zapf (1918–2015), German typeface designer, professor, calligrapher, and typographer, husband of Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse * Manfred Zapf (born 1946), German football player and manager * Uta Zapf (born 1941), German Bundestag member (SPD) * Vivien Zapf, research scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, US * Wolfgang Zapf (1937–2018), German sociologist See also * Zapf Creations Zapf Creation is a toy company based near Coburg, Germany which specialises in the manufacture of multi-functional baby dolls. Its franchises have become very popular around the world; among its successful creations are Maggie Raggies, Baby Bor ... , doll makers * {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse (2 January 1918 – 13 December 2019) was a German book-binder, calligrapher and typographer. She also designed several typefaces. She was the 1991 winner of the Frederic W. Goudy Award. To mark her hundredth birthday in January 2018, Monotype released the titling typeface Hesse-Antiqua. Early life and education Gudrun von Hesse was born on 2 January 1918 in Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin (then part of German Empire). She became an apprentice and assistant at the bookbindery of Otto Dorfner in Weimar from 1934 to 1937. Her calligraphy practice began during this apprenticeship; in her acceptance address for the Frederic W. Goudy Award, she said "One afternoon a week we had to write very simple letters. I was not satisfied with this form of instruction; therefore, I taught myself at home, from a detailed examination of the works of Rudolf Koch and Edward Johnston.” After completing her apprenticeship in 1937, Hesse stayed on as an assistant in Dorfner's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Helmut Zapf Helmut Zapf (born 4 March 1956) is a German composer. Life Born in , Thüringen, Zapf studied church music from 1974 until 1979 at the Kirchenmusikschulen Eisenach (Thüringen) and the Evangelische Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Halle. During this time Zapf took part in the Summer Courses for Neue Musik in Gera (Thuringia). After graduating, he worked as Kantor at the city church in Eisenberg (Thuringia) from 1979 to 1982. Until the beginning of his with Georg Katzer at the Akademie der Künste der DDR in Berlin (1982–1986), he wrote his first self-taught compositions, among others ''Singender Mann'' for solo flute, ''Brechungen I und II'' for flute and string trio, ''Klangetüde II'' for orchestra, ''Recitativ'' for oboe and string quartet. Since completing his masterclass, Zapf has lived and worked as self employed composer in (Panketal) near Berlin. He has been a member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin since 2015. Work Source: Orchestral * 1985/86: Wechselnd * 1986: C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Hermann Zapf Hermann Zapf (; 8 November 1918 – 4 June 2015) was a German type designer and calligrapher who lived in Darmstadt, Germany. He was married to the calligrapher and typeface designer Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse. Typefaces he designed include Palatino, Optima, and Zapfino. He is considered one of the greatest type designers of all time. Early life Zapf was born in Nuremberg during turbulent times marked by the German Revolution of 1918–1919 in Munich and Berlin, the end of World War I, the exile of Kaiser Wilhelm, and the establishment of Bavaria as a free state by Kurt Eisner. In addition, the Spanish flu pandemic took hold in Europe in 1918 and 1919. Two of Zapf's siblings died of the disease. Famine later struck Germany, and Zapf's mother was grateful to send him to school in 1925, where he received daily meals in a program organized by Herbert Hoover. In school, Zapf was mainly interested in technical subjects. One of his favorite books was the annual science journal ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Manfred Zapf Manfred Zapf (born 24 August 1946 in Stapelburg) is a German former footballer, later a coach. A defender, Zapf spent his entire senior career with 1. FC Magdeburg, and captained the club to its greatest successes – three DDR championships, four cups, and the Cup Winners' Cup of 1974. In his time with the club he appeared in 327 league matches in the DDR-Oberliga and played 30 matches in the second-tier DDR-Liga. He won sixteen (respectively 12) caps for East Germany between 1969 and 1975, and was part of the team that won the Bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics 1972 Olympics refers to both: 1972 Winter Olympics, which were held in Sapporo, Japan 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 19 .... Following his retirement from footballing, Zapf joined the backroom staff at FC Magdeburg, and also had a three-month spell as manager of the East Germany nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Uta Zapf Uta Zapf (born 14 August 1941 in Liegnitz, Province of Lower Silesia) is a German politician and member of the Bundestag (SPD). Since 1998, she has been the chairperson of the subcommittee for "Disarmament, Arms Control, and Nonproliferation" of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag. Life and career After the completion of her Abitur in 1961, Zapf studied Germanistics, English studies, and literature at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Afterwards, she worked as a freelancer as an editor and translator for publishers. Later she also worked as an instructor in adult education Zapf is married and has one child. Party Zapf joined the SPD in 1972, and since 1990 has been the chairperson of the commission of "International Politics and Peace" (''Internationale Politik und Frieden'') of the SPD executive committee for South Hesse (Hessen Süd). She has belonged to the SPD executive committee of South Hesse since 1983 and has been acting chairperson since 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Vivien Zapf Vivien Zapf is an American research scientist at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory pulsed field facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Biography Zapf received her bachelor's degree in physics with computer science from Harvey Mudd College in 1997 and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, San Diego in 2003. Zapf studies Multiferrics and Quantum Magnetism. She served as a Millikan post-doctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology from 2004-2005 and as a Director's fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 2005-2006. She received a Los Alamos National Laboratory Distinguished Performance Award and a Lee-Osheroff-Richardson prize. In 2017, she was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society for "seminal contributions to the understanding of quantum mechanical properties of superconductors, quantum magnets, and multiferroic systems at low temperatures and in extreme magnetic fields to 100T" and an outstanding referee award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Wolfgang Zapf Wolfgang Zapf (* Frankfurt am Main 25 April 1937; † Berlin 26 April 2018) was a German sociologist. Education Zapf visited basic school and secondary school emphasizing modern languages in Frankfurt am Main. He obtained his final examination in 1957. From 1957 to 1961 he studied sociology and economics at the universities of Frankfurt, Hamburg and Cologne. He received a scholarship from the “Cusanuswerk” and during his studies he obtained practical training in market research and industry. In Frankfurt in 1961 he finished his studies with the diploma in sociology. Profession From 1962 bis 1966 he worked as an assistant of Ralf Dahrendorf at the sociological department of the University of Tübingen. In 1963 he received his doctoral degree (philosophers degree, Dr. phil.) in Tübingen with a dissertation on the historical changes of the German elite („Wandlungen der deutschen Elite“) (Munich: Piper, 1965, 21966). During these years the sociological investigation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]