
Agatha Christie Collection—Book Cover
We host annual competitions in support of emerging, early career, and world-renowned typographic talent, showcasing each year’s winning work in an exhibition at New York’s Cooper Union. After their initial debut, exhibitions travel to museums, schools, and design organizations around the US and 50 cities in 20 countries across the globe.
Winning work is honored in the pages of our beautifully designed annuals, distributed to TDC members worldwide.
Students are encouraged to enter the Communication and Typeface Design competitions. We offer a separate category for student submissions.
Our signature competition, established in 1955, regularly attracts upwards of 2,000 submissions from 50+ countries.
Agatha Christie Collection—Book Cover
Women’s Classics—Book Cover
The Autobiography of Eikoh Hosoe Trilogy—Book Cover
Ingredients—Book Cover
On the Road—Book Cover
Ad Algea—Book Cover
Created in 1998, the Typeface Design competition recognizes work from independent designers, agencies and foundries.
Grab Community
hrftype / Kuala Lumpur
Garaje
205TF / Lyon
Le Rosart Text & Display
Revolver Type Foundry / Frankfurt am Main, Germany
MASADA Hebrew/Latin Extended Type Family
Hagilda / Tel Aviv
Lyon Arabic
Morcos Key / Brooklyn + Debakir / Beirut
SF Symbols 2
Apple / Cupertino
Created in 2018, Ascenders honors type-based portfolios of designers who are 35 years of age and under.
Daniel Brokstad
New York, USA
Vincent Chan
Melbourne, Australia
Gregory Shutters
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Loris Olivier
Geneva, Switzerland
Abraham Lule
New York, USA
Ben Johnston
Toronto, Ontario, Canada