Freda Sack
Freda Sack (born 23 September 1951, died 13 February 2019) was a British type designer who began her career in Letraset in 1972, joining as a photographic retoucher. Colleagues attest to her skill at cutting letters from rubylith at Letraset where she cut several of the in-house designs and some of her own. After a freelance period which including consulting for British Airways, and Vauxhall Motors, in 1989 she joined up with previous collaborator David Quay to co-found what, by their own account, may have been the first UK independent type foundry, called The Foundry, in 1989.
Freda Sack
- Born
- 1951 · London.
- Died
- 2019
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- designer · typographer
- Languages
- English
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Freda Sack (born 23 September 1951, died 13 February 2019) was a British type designer who began her career in Letraset in 1972, joining as a photographic retoucher. Colleagues attest to her skill at cutting letters from rubylith at Letraset where she cut several of the in-house designs and some of her own. After a freelance period which including consulting for British Airways, and Vauxhall Motors, in 1989 she joined up with previous collaborator David Quay to co-found what, by their own account, may have been the first UK independent type foundry, called The Foundry, in 1989.
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A member of the International Society of Typographic Designers, its co-chair from 1995 to 1999, its chair from 2000 to 2004, and its president from 2006 to 2010. Later, she was made an honorary fellow.
This is a selection of more notable typefaces, not a comprehensive index. While employed by Letraset: • Paddington (1977) • Victorian (1976) (with Colin Brignall) After leaving Letraset but still published with Letraset: • Ignatius (1987) • Proteus (1983) • Vermont (1987) • Waldorf (1986) Published by her own Foundry Types (now The Foundry Types) many of which are careful revivals of 20th century designs: • Architype Renner (1993) (described by Bringhurst as “artistically the earliest version” of Futura) • New Alphabet (1997) • Gridnik (1997). Also at Foundry Types, Sack created corporate (that is, not published) fonts for British Gas, NatWest Bank, the Science Museum, the World Wildlife Fund, and Lisbon Metro.
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1951
Freda Sack born at London.
2019
Freda Sack died.
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