Diotima® Font Family

Diotima® Roman (Linotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Diotima® Roman SC (Linotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Diotima® Roman OsF (Linotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Diotima® Italic (Linotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Diotima® Italic OsF (Linotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Diotima® Complete Family Value Pack (Linotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 55.00

German designer Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse created the following fonts: Alcuin™ (1991), Ariadne™ (1954), Carmina™ (1986), Christiana® (1991), Colombine™ (1991), Diotima™ (1952), Nofret® (1984) Shakespeare™ (1968), Smaragd™ (1953). Please take a look at the personal designer portrait of Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse.

Diotima was designed by Gudrun Zapf von Hesse in 1948, the italic even earlier, in 1939. Its roots had been a calligraphic sheet made by Gudrun Zapf von Hesse with the texts of "Hyperion to Diotima" by Friedrich Hölderlin. Diotima is the name of a Greek priestess in Plato's dialogue about love and in the philosopher's imagination she should be slim and beautiful.
The hotmetal version of Diotima was released by D. Stempel AG in 1951-53. It is a festive font particularly well-suited to invitations, programs and poems. The delicate italic draws attention to text which should be emphasized. Zapf von Hesse's Ariadne Initials and Smaragd are perfect complements to Diotima.