The Type Directors Club is an international organization

International organization

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 for those devoted to excellence in typography

Typography

Typography is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading , adjusting the spaces between groups of letters and adjusting the space between pairs of letters...

 in all its forms. Created in 1946, the organization’s mission is to raise the standards of typography and related fields within the graphic arts

Graphic design

Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...

. The TDC supports research

Research

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 and education

Education

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, and disseminates information relating to typography. The TDC supports the industry through a number of programs, including the annual typographic design competition, educational seminars and events, publications, and co-operation with other like-minded organizations. It supports itself through memberships.

TDC is involved in all contemporary areas of typography and design, and welcomes type designers, typographers, graphic designers, art director

Art director

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s, editors

Editors

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, multimedia

Multimedia

Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...

 professionals, students, entrepreneurs; anyone who has an interest in type.

TDC produces a design annual that features award-winning typography. See TDC24: http://208.109.10.50/our_work/books_typography24.php. See TDC26: http://www.pureandapplied.com/catalogues/13/index.html

The current president of the club is Diego Vainesman.

Type Design Awards

The Type Director’s Club Type Design Awards or TDC² are given annually for excellence in typeface

Typeface

In typography, a typeface is the artistic representation or interpretation of characters; it is the way the type looks. Each type is designed and there are thousands of different typefaces in existence, with new ones being developed constantly....

design. The award is generally viewed as being the most prestigious in the field.

TDC² Winners

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2002 • 2003 •
2004 • 2005 •
2006 • 2007 •
2008 • 2009