Editing Hermann Zapf (section)

== Frankfurt ==
A few days after finishing his apprenticeship, Zapf left for [[Frankfurt]]. He did not bear a [[journeyman]]'s certificate and thus would not be able to get a [[work permit]] at another company in Nuremberg, as they would not have been able to check on his qualifications. Zapf went to the Werkstatt Haus zum Fürsteneck, a building run by Paul Koch, son of Rudolf Koch. He spent most of his time there working in [[typography]] and writing songbooks.

Through print historian Gustav Mori, Zapf came into contact with the [[type foundry|type foundries]] [[Stempel Type Foundry|D. Stempel, AG]], and [[Mergenthaler Linotype Company|Linotype GmbH]] of Frankfurt. In 1938, he designed his first printed [[typeface]] for them, Gilgengart, a [[Fraktur]].<ref name=NYTobit /><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Haralambous|first1=Yannis|last2=Horne|first2=P. Scott|title=Fonts & Encodings|date=28 November 2007|publisher=O'Reilly Media|isbn=978-0596102425|page=403}}</ref>