The

Type Directors Club

is the leading international organization whose purpose is to support excellence in typography, both in print and on screen. Through our annual competition and exhibition and frequent salons and workshops, we hope to celebrate the current stars of the typographic field and educate its future leaders.

We now invites the submission of entries to our

60th annual Communication Design Competition

and

17th annual Typeface Design Competition

, the most highly-respected and selective competitions of typographic and typeface design from around the world.

This year’s communication design competition is being chaired by TDC board member

Gail Anderson

, and the annual and exhibition materials are being designed by the New York brand and experience design firm

Collins

.

Alongside our annual competitions, the TDC also awards very special members of our community, those that have devoted their lives making our world a more beautiful place through their amazing work by bestowing upon them our most prestigious award, the

TDC Medal

. Through the

TDC Scholarship

and

TDC Student Awards

, we hope to encourage the typographic leaders of tomorrow.

Please note, the deadline for entries is

December 13, 2013

, but if you submit by the early bird deadline of

Friday, November 1

, you will receive a substantial discount on the entry fee. Late deadline is

January 14, 2014

.