How To Redesign An Iconic Typeface For Arabic (John Brownlee)

Hermann Zapf, the designer behind popular typefaces such as Palatino and Optima, was born in Nuremberg, Germany, almost 100 years ago. The typeface that bears his name, Zapfino, is in many ways his most personal design. A calligraphic font with the elegant loops and strokes worthy of a dandy, Zapfino is based on a sample of Zapf's own handwriting from 1944, which was then turned into a typeface almost 40 years later. (fastcodesign.com)