The Type Directors Club
For over 60 years the Type Directors Club has been the leading international organisation whose sole purpose is to support and promote excellence in typography wherever it’s found. The club was founded in 1946 by some of graphic design’s legendary pioneers, the TDC’s earliest membership included Aaron Burns, Freeman Craw, Louis Dorfsman, Gene Federico, Edward M. Gottschall, Herb Lubalin, Bradbury Thompson, and Hermann Zapf.
With this solid historical background, the club today represents the best of today’s type design and type use.
The TDC holds 2 yearly typographic competitions (design and typeface) whose winners are reproduced in our Typography Annual, as well as offering educational courses, student scholarships, monthly Type Salons and access to a comprehensive library at its Manhattan gallery/club space.
TDC members come from very diverse backgrounds but all have one thing in common — a love of type and typography.
Call for submissions
TDC55 & TDC2 2009: this year will be TDC’s fifty-fifth open Call for Entries in its international competition which recognizes excellence in the use of typography, calligraphy, handlettering and other letterforms. Deadline is December 19, 2008. For further details see the TDC’s competition page. And here are a few winners from the TDC 54. And here for the complete list of the TDC2 2008 winners.
Who would you pick?
Coming up
Fasten your seatbelts because I have a monster the week in type posting in the next couple of days, when I’ll also announce the very lucky winner of the Seb Lester poster competition.
— Stephen Coles
— Hochuli & Kinross
atakan
çok güzel bir yazı ellerinize sağlık
Dec 14, 2008
Robert
Really amazing stuff.
Dec 15, 2008
Sander
Great organisation, I see many Dutch names for 2008 winners :) Keep it up!
Dec 15, 2008
johno
Sander
You think there will be any Dutch winners in 2009?
Dec 15, 2008
Martin McNickle
Can’t wait to see the winners.
Small typo by the way; graphic designs (first paragraph) should have an apostrophe.
Dec 15, 2008
Mark
Some really nice stuff!
I wonder who will win with all the great entries!
Dec 15, 2008
johno
Martin
Thank you. Fixed.
Dec 15, 2008
Samy
I like the typo “CCT” I think generally well appointed. ;-)
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Updated:
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Dec 15, 2008
Elí
I hope to see more latinoamerican winners!
Dec 16, 2008
bender
Is it just me, or is the kerning totally off in the tdc logo? With the d and the c mainly?
Dec 29, 2008
johno
bender
Well, letter spacing in logotypes is pretty subjective, but for my personal taste, the t+d is a little tight. However, that may well be the intention as Type Directors Club comprises two ‘word groups’; namely “type directors” and “club”. But I’m only guessing.
Dec 29, 2008