Zapfino

Zapfino is a calligraphic typeface designed for Linotype by renowned typeface designer Hermann Zapf. It is based on an alphabet Zapf originally penned in 1944. As a font, it makes extensive use of ligatures and character variations.

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Apple includes a version of Zapfino in Mac OS X, partly to demonstrate the advanced typographic features of AAT?s morx table format. The version included with Mac OS X contains only one of the 6 weights sold by Linotype.

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In Mac OS X, the text above should be displayed with ligatures. Unfortunately, few web browsers display text with ligatures, not even Safari. Copying and pasting the text into TextEdit or any other Cocoa application, however, will display it as it was meant to be.

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Calligraphic: Redirect Calligraphy...

Typeface: In typography, a typeface consists of a co-ordinated set of character designs. Such a set usually comprises an alphabet of letters, a series of numerals and a selection of punctuation marks. Typefaces also exist of ideograms and symbols (for example, mathematical or map making glyphs)....

Linotype: Originally an American company, formed in 1886 to market the linecaster invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler, Mergenthaler Linotype (pronounced "LINEotype" ) became the world's leading manufacturer of book and newspaper typesetting equipment. Only the United States/England based Monotype seriously challe...