Freda Sack

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Freda Sack (born 23rd September 1951, died 13th February 2019 [1] ) was a British type designer who began her career at Letraset in 1972, joining as a photographic retoucher [2] . 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 [3] . 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 [4] .

Freda Sack was 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 [5] .

Typefaces by Sack

This is a selection of more notable typefaces, not a comprehensive index.

While employed by Letraset [2] :

After leaving Letraset but still published with Letraset [2] :

Published by her own Foundry Types (now The Foundry Types) many of which are careful revivals of 20th century designs:

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 [7] .

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References

  1. ↑ "A Celebration of the life of Freda Ann Slack".
  2. 1 2 3 Faces from Letraset: The story of the Letraset collection. eLexicons Limited. 2016.
  3. ↑ "Freda Sack obituary, Alphabettes".
  4. ↑ "Freda Sack, The Foundry Types".
  5. ↑ "Freda Sack Obituary, The Guardian".
  6. ↑ The Elements of Typographic Style. Hartley & Marks. 1996.
  7. ↑ "Freda Sack 1951–2019". Typographic. 71: 52 (insert). 2019.
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