Zapfino

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Zapfino
Typeface Zapfino
Category Script
Designer(s) Hermann Zapf
Foundry Linotype
Variations Zapfino Extra
variant glyphs representing the character e (allographs of e)
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variant glyphs representing the character e (allographs of e)

Zapfino is a calligraphic typeface designed for Linotype by renowned typeface designer Hermann Zapf in 1998. It is based on an alphabet Zapf originally penned in 1944. As a font, it makes extensive use of ligatures and character variations (for example, the lower case letter d has nine variations).

Apple Computer includes one of the six weights of Zapfino in Mac OS X, partly to demonstrate its advanced typographic features. The font includes over 1,400 glyphs.

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