The Type Directors Club Medal

The TDC Medal is awarded to individuals and institutions who have made major contributions to the field of typography and to expresses collective gratitude to those who by their work and talent have shown the value of a heightened awareness of typography in communication.

• Mike Parker

  2011

• Erik Spiekermann

  2011

• Paula Scher

  2006

• Martin Solomon

  2003

• Günther Gerhard Lange

  2000

• Colin Brignall

  2000

• Rolling Stone magazine

  1997

• Matthew Carter

  1997

• Lou Dorfsman

  1995

• Gene Federico

  1991

• Ed Benguiat

  1989

• Freeman Craw

  1988

• Adrian Frutiger

  1987

• Bradbury Thompson

  1986

• Aaron Burns

  1985

• Paul Rand

  1984

• Herb Lubalin

  1984 (posthumously)

• Paul Standard

  1983

• Georg Trump

  1982

• Arnold Bank

  1979

• Edward Rondthaler

  1975

• Robert Leslie

  1972

• Frank Powers

  1971

• R. Hunter Middleton

  1968

• Hermann Zapf

  1967

2011 Scholarship Winners

The Type Directors Club is proud to support design education throughout the world. Since 1994, the TDC has awarded scholarships to promising students of typography.

Click here to see a list of the 2011 scholarship winners.

Student Awards

TDC57 Student Awards 2011

The TDC typography competition contains a separate category for excellent typographic work by students. Below, are the student awards for the TDC57 Typography Competition: