Join me in wishing a fond farewell to the late Hermann Zapf, designer of numerous type fonts that we use every day?

Join me in wishing a fond farewell to the late Hermann Zapf, designer of numerous type fonts that we use every day?
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Farewell to yet another bright mind. Made it to a ripe old age despite the problems along the way.
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