The Fine Art of Letters
The Fine Art of Letters
The Fine Art of Letters
The Fine Art of Letters
The Fine Art of Letters
The Fine Art of Letters
The Fine Art of Letters

The Fine Art of Letters

Jerry Kelly LLC, New York, New York, 2000

Description

This publication was intended to display some of the achievements in the fields of calligraphy, type design, book design and typography of the noted German graphic artist Hermann Zapf. It was published to coincide with an exhibition of Zapf’s work at the Grolier Club in New York. A special challenge was staying fairly close to the great variety of the original colors, while printing only part of the book in full color and using flat colors elsewhere. The book was set in the elegant Zapf Renaissance type (for the text) with Zapf’s latest alphabet design—the script type Zapfino—used for the headings. This is probably the first use of Zapfino for a book-length project. In the end, I think the book achieved its goal of displaying lesser-known Zapf works to a larger audience, thereby giving some hint of the extent of his artistic achievement.

Collections: 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2000
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Design firm
Jerry Kelly LLC
Art director/illustrator
Hermann Zapf
Designer/production coordinator
Jerry Kelly
Trim size
8 x 11 1/16 inches
Quantity printed
1,000
Compositor
Jerry Kelly
Typefaces
Linotype Zapfino, Zapf Renaissance
Printer
Finlay Printing
Paper
80 lb. Mohawk Superfine Softwhite Smooth
Binder
Acme Bookbinding
Binding method
Smythe-sewn, case-bound
Binding materials
Brillianta
Endpapers
Fabriano Ingres
Author
Hermann Zapf
Publisher
The Grolier Club
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