"Typography is basically two-dimensional architecture. The harmony of the proportions, the grouping of the lines of type, the balance of contrast and symmetry, the dynamic tension of asymmetrical arrangement, are the means which the typographer may use in a given task so that the text is communicated to the reader in the most articulate form. His inventiveness is restricted only by the technical limitations of the materials, and the obligations imposed by the history of style." —Hermann Zapf, Autobiography in Type, Motif. No. 3. London 1959
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Herman Zapf is a typographer, graphic designer and calligrapher. The beauty of his work and the level of craftsmanship he exhibits in his work inspires me.
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