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.
Since monks of the 8th century began to compile written works into books, the inital letter, of a word, sentence, page, etc., has held great importance. In this tradition, Gudrun Zapf von Hesse created the Ariadne initials, produced by D. Stempel AG in 1954.
Ariadne is a trademark of Linotype GmbH registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.
Quality features
The Platinum Collection is the exclusive series of optimized classic typefaces from the Linotype Library.
XSF-Fonts are OpenType or TrueType fonts with an excellent appearance on screen at small sizes or low resolutions – especially engineered and optimized for exceptionally readable typefaces on computer screens using Microsoft® Windows operating systems.
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