Education

Education continues to be an important part of the Type Directors Club’s mission. TDC classes take place throughout the year and are held at the Type Directors Club Center, 347 West 36th Street, Suite 603, New York, NY 10018, unless otherwise noted. Click here for directions. Seating is limited, so please pre-register by calling 1-212-633-8943 or emailing director@tdc.org.

TDC Classes
2012

Scott Citron
May 3 | 1 pm–2 pm EST

Tabs, Indents, Bullets and Lists in Adobe InDesign

Although not exactly a sexy subject, understanding tabs, indents, bullets, and numbered lists in InDesign is an essential skill for all designers. Many perform these tasks manually without knowing they can be repeated quickly and easily using simple styles and …

Ilene Strizver
24 May | 9 am–9 pm

Gourmet Typography Workshop

A Three-part Type Intensive. Every creative professional, including the most seasoned designer, can benefit from learning to communicate more effectively with type. These three sessions will give you the expert-level typographic skills and aesthetics necessary to master your typography, and visibly improve your work.

Gail Anderson, Henrik Kubel, Bas Jacob, David Berlow - Type Masters Week 2012
June 1st to June 6th, 2012

Type Masters Week 2012

6 Days, 4 Masters The Type Directors Club and Monotype Imaging, proudly announce, from June 1st to June 6th, the Type Masters Week 2012. The Type Directors Club and Monotype Imaging will be offering the unique opportunity for you to …

Gail Anderson – Type Play at TDC (Type Masters Week 2012)
June 1st - June 3rd, 2012

Gail Anderson
Type Play at TDC
(Type Masters Week 2012)

Workshop 1 June 1–3 Jealous of those wonderful “type videos” you see in the TDC annual year after year? Spend a long weekend with SVA instructor Gail Anderson and her always-cheerful co-teacher, Josh Hester, and create your own short motion …

Underware – Keep it Straight (Type Masters Week 2012)
June 5th 2012

Underware (Bas Jacobs)
Keep It Straight
(Type Masters Week 2012)

Workshop 3 June 5 If you think you’ve got enough energy to be part of this internet-free ants’ nest for one day, you’ll experience that type design can be a thrilling experience if everybody kicks the same ass. We’re gonna …

David Berlow – Web Fonts Dissected (Type Masters Week 2012)
June 6th, 2012

David Berlow
Web Fonts Dissected
(Type Masters Week 2012)

Workshop 4 June 6th 1. We will start by designing a small number of glyphs and taking them all the way through hinting to browser specimens. (1.5 hours) 2. Then, we will break up into two groups:  those who want …

Gerry Leonidas
Fri | 2 Nov to Sun | 4 Nov

TDC Non-Latin Intensive: Greek

Since the first TDC Greek Week-End in 2007, the demand for new typefaces to cover the Greek script has grown dramatically. The two weekend days will alternate presentations on Greek typography and typeface design targeted specifically to accomplished designers who want to extend their existing Latin typefaces.