Hermann Zapfs 90th birthday

Happy birthday to both of you. In the US our hopefully next president and vice president have selected Optima as the typeface for all of their posters. — Dave McCarthy, USA

THANKS FOR YOUR LIFES TO CALLIGRAPHY AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! FROM MEXICAN CALLIGRAPHY LOVER!!!! — JOE SLIM, MEXICO

Happy Birthday Prof. Zapf! A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Have a wonderful trip. — Allan Haley, USA

Please accept my warm wishes of the best of luck on the occasion of your 90th birthday. Your works are an unattainable model of typographic artistry. At the same time they are a point of reference in my work as a font designer. Thank you both for that. — Franciszek Otto, Poland

Happy Birthday and best wished to you and your wife, Warm regards, Christian Oppenberg Font Development Monotype Imaging Inc. (USA) — Christian Oppenberg, United States

Dear Hermann and Gudrun, thank you for creating so many elegant, beautiful and indispensable typefaces and for your dedication to calligraphy. Best wishes for many more years of productive work and good health. — Paul Shaw, USA

Happy Birthday! My present to you is doing a research paper on "Hermann Zapf" — M. Lee, America

My best wishes for the happiest birthday ever! I love Optima and Zapfino. I use Optima in nearly all of my work-related correspondence, and Zapfino is my favorite for personal messages. You are both so very very talented and the world of fonts has been changed forever due to your exquisite lettering and design. — Anne, USA

Herzlichste Glückwünsche! — David, Deutschland

Dear Brilliant Designers, I fell in love with type when I was a young girl and my father owned an ad agency. The personality if a typeface is like knowing a special person. I used to name fonts on billboards as I drove by them. Thank you so much for bringing so much life to type. Your designs are simple and wondrous. May you live another 90 years. Many blessings, Melissa Rigler — Melissa Rigler, United States

— Ricky Chun, Hong Kong

Very best wishes to you both on this momentous occasion! My thanks and grateful appreciation always for the deep inspiration and guidance received in Hermann's master classes at RIT, 1985 and 1986! In particular the introduction to the (now famous) Hypneratomachia Poliphili printed by Aldus! Warm regards PF http://slowprint.com — Peter Fraterdeus, US

Happy Birthday to the master of typography! — pat Taylor, usa

Alles gute zum Geburtstag DUDE! — Zoya, Frankreich

Have a wonderful Birthday Hermann.. I love Zapfino and want you to know it is the most romantic type I have ever seen. It always takes my breath away. I am glad it has taken 50 years for us to appreciate a beautiful piece of ART!!!!! — Corynne Bailey, Bermuda / Graphic Student at UCA in Epsom UK

Ein langer, erfolgreicher Weg liegt hinter Ihnen. Weiterhin wünsche ich Ihnen beiden Glück und Wohlergehen und Gottes Segen. Ihr Rainald Wolf — Rainald Wolf, Hessen

Thank you for your contributions to the world of calligraphy and typedesign! You have been an inspiration for many, including myself, and will continue to be just that in the future. Happy Birthday! — Christopher Haanes, Norway

It is a pleasure to work with your fonts and to live with such beauty every day. — Deidra , U.S.

Congatulations! I first saw Optima when I studied Lettering & Calligraphy at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 1963. Your work has always been an inspiration to me. Good health & long life. — Philip Springer, USA

Thank you for your contributions to making the world more beautiful and for your professionalism. I am an IT manager working with designers, but I can clearly see and appreciate the precision and care and artistry in your work and I am so impressed. Thank you for setting such a fine example. — Luis Antezana, USA