At 18, Pat Lightizer joined a Massachusetts company where letters were still drawn by hand; 53 years later, she retired and her colleagues surprised her with a font bearing her name

• Lightizer joined the company's type division straight out of high school at age 18.
• At the time, the business was known as Compugraphic Corp.
• For most people, retirement comes with a card, a cake or perhaps a watch to mark the occasion.