Gudrun Zapf von Hesse | |
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Born | Gudrun von Hesse 2 January 1918 |
Died | 13 December 2019 Darmstadt, Germany | (aged 101)
Occupation(s) | Bookbinder and Typographer |
Years active | 1951–1990s |
Notable work | Diotima |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
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.[1]