TDC2 2006 : Full Text
TDC2 2006 Call for Entries
About the TDC2 2006 Competition
The Type Directors Club is an international organization founded in 1946 whose members include design professionals, typographic designers, and typophiles.
This year will be TDC's ninth open Call for Entries for Type Design. All entries will be judged by a panel of distinguished designers in January 2006. Winning works will be exhibited in six traveling shows and published in Typography 27, the hardbound, all-color competition annual designed by Andy Kner. The annual is published by Collins Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, and sold worldwide.
Entry Call and Forms
Please use only the Forms available in the PDF of the official Call.
A link to the PDF is provided from each Call page on this Web site.
:: TDC2 2006 Call :: 160KB PDF
Extended Extended Extended Deadline :: Wednesday 18 January 2006
TDC2 2006 : Jury
Frank Blokland
Dutch Type Library
Yvonne Diedrich
ydt_fonts
Mark Jamra
TypeCulture
Teri Kahan
Teri Kahan Design
Ilene Strizver, Chair
The Type Studio
TDC2 2006 : Eligible Entries
Any typeface designs produced or published between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2005 are eligible. Typeface designs may be submitted by anyone involved in their design, production, or marketing. Typefaces created for the TDC, designs by the chairman or by the jurors of the competition, or by current members of the Board are not eligible for entering.
TDC2 2006 : Entry Formats
Entries are to be submitted as 11x17" or A3 (297x420 mm) unmounted (600 dpi laser minimum) paper proofs. Please submit each individual or constituent font-showing as a separate sheet. Each proof should show the typeface in whatever way the entrant deems appropriate. Proofs may include, but are not limited to, headlines, short or long passages of text, sample pages or double-page spreads of book or magazine make-up, or multi-column text. The requirements for proofs are:
Character showings
Proofs should show a complete character set. In the case of complex extended multi-script character sets, insure that the showing is comprehensive enough to allow the jury to judge the design appropriately.
Complex system showings
Submissions of text and display Type Super-families, including digital fonts produced in Multiple Master or OpenType formats, should follow the above guidelines, but may feature more than one font or style in each showing.
Marking of Entries
Entries must be clearly marked, in the front, upper left-hand corner, with the appropriate Family, Competition, Script, and Design categorizations.
Examples:
- Family; Text; Latin; Original
- Single; Display; Greek; Authorized Extension of a Latin typeface
- Superfamily, Type system; Latin, Greek, Cyrillic; Custom faces for an international corporation.
Non-identification
To ensure anonymous and fair judgement of entries, the names of the typeface, designer, client, manufacturer or distributor must not appear anywhere on the front or on the back of the proof.
TDC2 2006 : 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 eli-gible, 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 OpenType. 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.
TDC2 2006 : Entry Forms
Entry and Payment forms are required in addition to the Marking of Entries. If additional forms are needed, please make same-size photocopies. Do not enlarge or reduce the form, and do not design your own entry form.
A PDF will be available on the TDC website. The information listed in the form is required at the time of submission. Please fill it out completely and accurately. Attach an entry form to the back of each entry, taped only at the top of the form. Please do not use glue.
One entry form is sufficient for a Type Family or Superfamily, and should be attached to the main item. The form will be removed prior to judging.
Entries must not be submitted with business cards or other identification of the designer or submitter on either the front or back.
Please select one subcategory from each of the categories on the following page. The jury and chairman of the TDC2 2006 type design competition reserve the right to adjust the categorization of entries as they see fit and necessary.
TDC2 2006 : Competition Fees
Single Entries (one typeface)
$20 TDC members
$25 Non-members
Type Families (3 to 8 type styles)
$45 TDC members
$50 Non-members
Superfamilies (9 or more type styles)
$90 TDC members
$100 Non-members
Family Entry Category Notes
For purposes of determining entry and hanging fees:
Supplementary Fonts: Expert sets, SC/OSF (small-caps/old-style figures) fonts, and other font complements with miscellaneous characters (alternates, ligatures, oldstyle figures, small capitals, or fleurons, etc.) that are normally used as a supplement to ordinary fonts are considered to be part of their respective Type Family or Superfamily. This will also apply to extensive character sets for fonts made in OpenType or AAT (GX) format.
Multiple Masters: Multiple Master typefaces are to be defined by their number of primary instances. Each instance is considered to be equivalent to a constituent style of a Type Family.
Non-Latin Extensions: Non-Latin extensions of Latin typefaces are considered members of their respective Type Family or Superfamily.
Dingbat, Symbol, Pi and Ornament Fonts: Individual dingbat, symbol, and pi or ornament fonts are treated as equivalent to Single Entries.
TDC Membership (Recommended)
Members receive:
- Discounted entry and hanging fees
- The TDC Typography annual
- A Subscription to the TDC newsletter, Letterspace
- Special discounts at TDC events
Membership Categories:
- Regular/New York area (within 60 miles): $125
- Regular/beyond New York area (in USA): $100
- Regular/outside USA: $110
- Student: $40
- Sustaining Corporation (includes three persons): $300
Hanging Fees
Winners of TDC2 2006 will be charged hanging fees of US$80 for Single Entries, US$100 for each Type Family, and US$130 for each Superfamily included in the TDC book and exhibition. Hanging fees are reduced for TDC members.
Forms of Payment
Payment must be submitted with entries. It may be in cash, check, money order, traveler's check, or charged to American Express, Visa, or MasterCard. If payment is made by check, money order, or traveler's check it must be in U.S. dollars and drawn on a U.S. bank.
Deadline :
All entries with entry forms attached, fees, and one payment form per participant, must be delivered by Extended Extended Deadline :: Friday 13 January 2006, to:
TDC2 2006 / Type Directors Club
127 West 25th Street 8th Floor
New York, NY 10001
USA
Shipping
If more than one package is shipped, it must be indicated on each package ("1 of 2"). Packages must be delivered prepaid. Non-U.S. entrants should mark packages "Printed Matter for contest entry. No commercial value." No provision will be made by TDC for U.S. Customs or airport pickup. Customs fees, if incurred, will be charged back to the entrant. Entries cannot be returned.
Jurors are encouraged to discuss the entries during the selection process. Winning entries must receive at least three votes. If the jury is tied, the chairman will act as tie-breaker.
Reference materials may be used in considering Revivals and Extension typeface designs.
Judging will take place on Saturday, January 22, 2006.
TDC2 2006 : Awards & Exhibitions
Awards
TDC2 2006 winners will be notified the week of January 23, 2006. Each entry selected by the jury will receive a Certificate of Excellence in Type Design. Winning entries will be exhibited with the winning entries of the TDC51 competition and will be published in Typography 27, the annual of the Type Directors Club.
Exhibitions
The opening of TDC51 and TDC2 2006 will be held in New York City. Both exhibits will be on display during the summer of 2006. Winners will be asked to supply five extra copies of their entries for use in parallel traveling exhibitions outside New York. These shows travel throughout North and South America, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, and East Asia. Individuals and firms that have contributed to the entries will be credited in the exhibitions and in Typography 27.
TDC2 2006 : Contact
About TDC
The Type Directors Club is an international organization for all people who are devoted to excellence in typography, in print and on screen. Founded in 1946, today's TDC is involved in all contemporary areas of typography and design, and welcomes graphic designers, art directors, editors, multimedia professionals, students, entrepreneurs, and all who have an interest in type in advertising, communications, education, marketing, and publishing. TDC sponsors a variety of lectures and conferences, and two prestigious annual competitions in order to reward excellence in the creation and use of typefaces, calligraphy, hand lettering, and other letterforms. Winning entries are published in the TDC Typography annual, which is distributed worldwide.
Contact Information
For further information, please contact the TDC offices: