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Foundry Sans

Foundry Sans™

by The Foundry
Individual Styles from $90.00
Complete family of 9 fonts: $680.00
Foundry Sans Font Family was designed by Freda Sack, David Quay, Stuart De Rozario and published by The Foundry. Foundry Sans contains 9 styles and family package options.

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About Foundry Sans Font Family


This humanistic sans serif design was inspired by a conversation that David Quay had with renowned type designer Hans Meyer, during ATypI in Paris, 1989. Meyer revealed that Sabon, designed by Jan Tschichold, was the inspiration behind his Syntax font. This approach formed the basis for the design development of The Foundry's very first sans serif typeface family; the inspiration for Foundry Sans comes from Stempel Garamond. Foundry Sans was the second typeface to be released for The Foundry typeface library in 1990.

Designers: Freda Sack, David Quay, Stuart De Rozario

Publisher: The Foundry

Foundry: The Foundry

Design Owner: The Foundry

MyFonts debut: May 21, 2016

Foundry Sans™

About The Foundry

Started in 1989–90 by David Quay and Freda Sack, with just two typefaces Foundry Sans and Foundry Old Style, The Foundry typeface library has grown into a unique range of font styles, covering a range of languages and formats. The partners continue to develop new typeface designs to expand The Foundry font collection. David and Freda bring a unique combination of traditional and modern approaches to font design and implementation, having worked in every technological development of type design since hot metal, including the beginnings of digital font technology. Their craft skills and pre-digital experience lend integrity and quality to their type design. Their involvement with design and typography gives them a highly individual approach to their work as type designers. This is also motivated by personal dialogue with designers from all over the world. Nothing makes them happier than when someone sends in a superb example of The Foundry fonts in use – and fortunately this happens quite often.

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