The Type Directors Club is pleased to announce that its World’s Best Typography exhibition is coming to Auckland, New Zealand for the second time, courtesy of award-winning creative agency Osborne Shiwan and Portfolio Recruitment. Direct from its New York showing, TDC65 Auckland will showcase an exciting and culturally diverse range of award-winning work chosen by […]
Organized by ECV Nantes in partnership with the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Nantes (ENSA), the Type Directors Club 65 exhibition will take place from Wednesday March 4 to Saturday March 28, 2020 at Galerie Loire, 6 quai François Mitterrand. TDC 65: a traveling exhibition Founded in 1946, the Type Directors Club was founded in […]
This event is the first in a series of three seminars in Arabic Type: Between Heritage and Modernity, dedicated to Arabic type design and typography, curated by typography expert Dr. Nadine Chahine for the Center for Book Arts. This evening will feature: Wael Morcos, with a talk entitled "Right to Left: A Practice" Dr. Nadine […]
This event is the second in a series of three seminars in Arabic Type: Between Heritage and Modernity, dedicated to Arabic type design and typography, curated by typography expert Dr. Nadine Chahine for the Center for Book Arts. The afternoon will feature: Tarek Atrissi, who will be discussing "Branding with Arabic Typography" Tala Safie will […]
In design, visual expression is informed by an understanding of history, language, symbols, patterns and image aesthetics. It is imperative that designers have a strong foundation in these areas in order to support the creation of culturally conscious work. Despite this awareness, there remain gaps in design history that neglect showing a broad spectrum of […]
Screen-based design has grown up, but there's still so much to keep up with. Best practices for font loading. Licensing fonts for apps. OpenType Variable Fonts. The myriad of places to find new fonts. Elliot will take you on a tour through the latest technological developments and help you stay on top of your type […]
In this deeply detailed but varied all-day workshop, Elliot will cover a huge spectrum of typographic knowledge, from foundational best practices and definitions to the very latest techniques and technologies for setting great type across multiple media. Drawing on his extensive experience designing for print and screens, Elliot will guide you through the intricacies of […]
TypeThursdayNYC is a monthly gathering of type geeks, held at Type Directors Club. We like to think of ourselves as a type superfamily: we attract local letterform lovers hailing from all disciplines and levels of expertise. Social hours bookend the centerpiece of our event, a group critique we refer to as Type Crit. What the […]
This event is the third in a series of three seminars in Arabic Type: Between Heritage and Modernity, dedicated to Arabic type design and typography, curated by typography expert Dr. Nadine Chahine for the Center for Book Arts. This evening will feature: David Crossland, who will discuss variable fonts Mamoun Sakkal, who will present "Calligraph, […]
To kick off our virtual salon series, everyone is invited to join us via Zoom webinar as longtime member, TDC Medalist, and former board member, Erik Spiekermann gives us a tour of p98a, his gallery and experimental letterpress workshop in Berlin. Registration for this special event is free to everyone, on a first-come, first-served basis. […]