Foundry Sans designed by David Quay. The idea behind the humanistic sans serif typeface came from a conversation which David Quay had with Hans Meyer, the designer of the Syntax family, while in Paris at ATypI in 1989. Meyer revealed that Sabon, designed by Jan Tschichold, was the inspiration behind Syntax. Meyer's approach forms the basis of The Foundry's design development of a sans serif typeface family. The inspiration for Foundry Sans comes from Stempel Garamond. Foundry Sans was the second typeface to be released by The Foundry in 1990.