The Type Directors Club

Type Directors Club Event Schedule

We're pleased to announce our '09-'10 event schedule. We assembled over 18 events featuring some of the industry's top designers, typographers and speakers.

The TDC Events and Salons 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 click on an event you'd like to attend and use the link to pre-register.

Type Salon admission is free for members and $20 for non-member professionals and $15 for non-member students. Admission fees vary for special events.

The German Market for Magazines

The market for magazines in Germany is one of the biggest in the world and the largest in Europe. The shelves in newspaper kiosks are full, the choice seems limitless and still it grows. Even though last year a wide range of large and highly reputed publications – »Amica« (women), »Vanity Fair« (glamour), »Maxim« (men) [...]

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Wood Type in the Digital Age

Wooden printing type is often used to evoke historical themes from the second half of the 19th century – a period in the evolution of typography filled with “wanted” posters and theater broadsides. Despite these old-time connotations, contemporary designers and letterpress printers have been expanding on the paradigms of wood type in recent years, incorporating [...]

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Are You A Type Criminal? The 10 Worst Type Crimes

Are you a type criminal? Join Ilene Strizver of The Type Studio and find out as she discusses the 10 worst type crimes, and signs copies of the newly released 3rd edition of her book, “Type Rules! The designer’s guide to professional typography”.

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Revolving and Evolving: Typographic experiments of a cultural orphan

A 3-D alphabet as a mind-bending puzzle. A typeface designed for reading
and writing in four directions. An alphabet mash-up between the Roman
Alphabet and Korean Hangul, Google logo transformed as circles.

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TDC56, TDC2 2010, TDC Intro 010 Exhibitions

Exhibitions will be open Monday through Thursdays July 21 through August 19. The Cooper Union Cooper Union Gallery 41 Cooper Square New York City Exhibition is sponsored by: The Cooper Union Monotype Imaging Veer

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Type Camp

Strengthen your graphic design career and revive your inspiration by expanding your knowledge of typography through creative self-discovery.

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Unique Types Project

We’re proud to present you the Unique Types Project, an unprecedented initiative that brings together designers, agencies and media vehicles around a noble cause: celebrating the differences and fighting prejudice.

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