TDC2 2005 : Entry Categories

There are five categories for entries.

• Family Three options
• Competition Four options
• Script Two options
• Format As needed
• Design Three options

Please select one option from each category and mark entries accordingly.

Family Category (For Fees)

The Family categorization is to be used for the purpose of determining entry fees, in US$. Typefaces may be entered as Single Typefaces or as parts of larger, related bodies of work.

Single Typeface: Individual typefaces designed to stand alone, with no stylistic variants.

Type Family: Typefaces designed and entered for competition with stylistic variants such as roman, italic, and bold, or small capitals. Up to and including eight variants are allowed.

Type Superfamily: Typeface designs that comprise more than eight closely-related variants are considered Type Superfamilies; Superfamilies also include Pi and Dingbat fonts that are stylistically related to the main alphabetic or ideographic typeface designs.

Competition

This category refers to the intended function of the submitted design and will determine the typeface's area of competition.

Text: Single Typefaces and Type Families, featuring full character sets, intended for use in the composition of text for continuous reading.

Display: Typefaces and Type Families featuring, full or reduced character sets, intended for use in larger sizes rather than body text.

Type System: Extensive groups of related typefaces featuring separate designs for text and display composition, or groups of related typefaces featuring designs belonging to different style categories, such as serif and sans-serif, serif and slab serif, and serif and semi-serif. Digital fonts in Multiple Master or in OpenType format often fall within this subcategory.

Pi or Ornament: Typefaces featuring special character sets for mathematical, phonetic, and other specialized applications, as well as ding-bats, icons, symbols, and other pictorial items in a font format. Ornament and border designs are also included in this subcategory.

Script

Latin: Typefaces intended for use in Latin-based orthographies have historically made up the majority of submissions. For scripts with Latin-based orthographies that use significant additions and modifications to accommodate the script system, see the Extensions subcategory of the Design category.

Non-Latin: Typefaces created for alphabets or writing systems other than Latin (Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, etc.) are eligible, and should be entered in the appropriate Family, Competition, and Design categories. As necessary, experts in the relevant non-Latin scripts maybe invited by the jury for consultation.

This designation also includes Pi typefaces, such as those created for use in the fields of music, mathematics, linguistics, logic, and other areas that require specialized character sets. Please indicate, in the front entry markings (see Marking of Entries), the field for which the typeface was designed.

Font Format

Indicate whether the typeface is PostScript Type 1, TrueType, Multiple Master, or Open-Type. If the format is not one of these four, please specify the alternate format.

Design

Original: Typeface designs that are original and not derived from pre-existing designs or from existing typeface font software. In a case where the submitted design is derived from pre-existing material, the typeface would fall into the Revivals and Extensions subcategory, and must adhere to that category's requirements.

Custom: Custom or proprietary typefaces that are designed for private use instead of resale. Custom designs may include typefaces produced for use by a specific designer or a design firm, as well as those for corporate or other non-design clients. If the type design is based on an existing typeface, please identify the design source. Please specify the intended use without identifying the client (for example, "a text typeface created for a financial newspaper").

Revival or Extension: Typeface design revivals that are based on, and closely follow, the designs of preëxisting typefaces, and designs that are extensions of existing faces (whether by the enlargement of character sets, styles, weights, optical sizes, etc.) must be accompanied by assurances that the revival or extension is authorized and approved by the originator of the design, or by the current holder of the rights to the typeface designs.

Student Design

There is no separate category for student type designs. They should be entered in one of the design subcategories.