Editing Hermann Zapf (section)

== Postwar career ==
Zapf taught calligraphy in Nuremberg in 1946. He returned to [[Frankfurt]] in 1947, where the type foundry Stempel offered him a position as artistic head of their printshop. They did not ask for qualifications, certificates, or references, but instead only required him to show them his sketchbooks from the war and a calligraphic piece he did in 1944 of Hans von Weber's "Junggesellentext".

One of Zapf's projects was the book ''Feder und Stichel'' ("Pen and Graver"), printed from metal plates designed by Zapf and cut by the punchcutter August Rosenberger during the war. It was printed at the Stempel printshop in 1949.

From 1948 to 1950, Zapf taught calligraphy at the Arts and Crafts School in [[Offenbach am Main|Offenbach]], giving lettering lessons twice a week to two classes of graphics students. On 1 August 1951 he married [[Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse|Gudrun von Hesse]], who taught at the school of [[Städel Museum|Städel]] in Frankfurt.<ref name=NYTobit>{{Cite news|last1=Weber|first1=Bruce|title=Hermann Zapf, 96, Dies; Designer Whose Letters Are Found Everywhere|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/arts/design/hermann-zapf-96-dies-designer-whose-letters-are-found-everywhere.html|access-date=10 June 2015|work=The New York Times|date=9 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://regionalbraunschweig.de/typo-magie-ein-nachruf-auf-schriftgestalter-hermann-zapf/|title = Typo-Magie: Ein Nachruf auf Schriftgestalter Hermann Zapf| date=8 June 2015 }}</ref>

Most of Zapf's work as a graphic artist was in [[book design]]. He worked for various publishing houses, including [[Suhrkamp Verlag]], [[Suhrkamp Verlag|Insel Verlag]], [[Büchergilde Gutenberg]], [[Hanser Verlag]], [[Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag]], and [[Verlag Philipp von Zabern]].