Sara Soskolne

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Sara Soskolne
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OccupationType Designer
Known forWork done at Hoefler & Frere-Jones and Monotype
Notable workGotham Typeface

Sara Soskolne (born 1970) is a Canadian type designer best known for her work at Hoefler & Frere-Jones (H&FJ) type foundry on typefaces such as Gotham. After ten years working in graphic design in Toronto, Soskolne attended the University of Reading where she received her MA in 2003.

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She has taught type design at Yale School of Art, the Book Arts Institute at Wells College, and New York's School of Visual Arts and the Cooper Type Certificate Program. Soskolne has written about the evolution of sans-serif lower case types in the 19th century. [1]

After the acquisition of Hoefler&Co by Monotype in 2021, [2] Solskone became a Creative Type Director working on multiple typeface projects for various clients, including a new set of Gotham styles for use by the Obama Foundation. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sara Soskolne". Women in Graphic Design 1890-2012 (2nd ed.). Berlin: Jovis. 2012. p. 557. ISBN   978-3-86859-153-8.
  2. ↑ "Monotype Announces the Acquisition of Iconic Type Foundry Hoefler&Co. | Monotype". www.monotype.com. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
  3. ↑ "Gotham's new look for the Obama Foundation | Monotype". www.monotype.com. 2025-11-06. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
  4. ↑ Schwarz, Hunter (February 20, 2025). "The Obama Foundation just reimagined the most famous font in politics". Fast Company. Archived from the original on 7 March 2025. Retrieved February 20, 2025.


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