TDC Awards

The TDC competition, established in 1953, is the longest running, most prestigious, global typography and type design competition. Now in its 70th year, these awards are all about how letterforms are used and drawn, recognizing typographic excellence and celebrating new typeface designs in all global languages.

Award

Agency

Client

Title

Category

Annual ID

Jardins de Métis Poster 2022 Agency: Principal / Montreal + Jardins de Métis / Grand-Métis Client: Jardins de Métis Category: Best of Lettering
I WANT SKY Agency: Morcos Key / New York Client: Mizna Category: Best of Typography
Ilai Agency: Universal Thirst / Bangalore/Reykjavík Client: N/A Category: Best of Type Design
Başrol Müzik / Leading Music Agency: Studio These Days / Istanbul Client: Duende Category: Motion / Animated Posters - Series
Lines from the national anthem of Ukraine Agency: Yevhen Spizhovyi / Kyiv Client: Charity project Category: Print or Digital / Calligraphy - Single
UC AR Augmented Reality Annual Report Agency: Mucho Client: University of California Investments Category: Digital / Technology / Augmented Reality
MasterChef Italy Agency: Sky Creative Agency Italia / Milano + Oplà Production Srl / Milano Client: Sky Creative Agency Italia Category: Print or Digital / Street Advertising - Single
Numerals of Injustice Daily Planner 2022 Agency: Frontline Typo + Studio Metaphor Client: Frontline Typo Platform Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
2022 Contents of the Year Agency: Heejae Kim / New York City Client: GQ Korea Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
LTR Principia* Agency: LettError / The Hague Client: Personal Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Grandiflora Agency: JAMO Client: Google Fonts Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Uvas Display Agency: Nils Dam Nordlund / Copenhagen Client: Personal Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Zaatar Typeface Agency: Boharat type foundry / Cairo Client: Boharat type foundry Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Cumbre Agency: Antipixel type studio / Buenos Aires Client: N/A Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
PF Expo Agency: Parachute Typefoundry / Athens Client: Parachute Typefoundry Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Sakkal Saad Arabic Typeface Agency: Sakkal Design / Bothell Client: Sakkal Design Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Ouma Agency: Universal Thirst / Bangalore/Reykjavík Client: N/A Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Shorai Sans Agency: Monotype / Woburn Client: Monotype Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
TPTQ Sans CJK Agency: Typotheque / The Hague Client: Typotheque Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Lava Georgian Agency: Typotheque / The Hague Client: Typotheque Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Nyght Serif Agency: Maksym Kobuzan / Kyiv Client: Personal Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Keratine Agency: Zetafonts / Firenze Client: N/A Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
A More Perfect Union Agency: Pentagram / New York Client: The Philadelphia Inquirer Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Series
New York Review of Architecture Agency: Laura Coombs / New York + Nicolas Kemper / New York Client: New York Review of Architecture Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Series
GQ Magazine feature opening spreads Agency: GQ / New York + Condé Nast / New York Client: GQ Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Series
Rollingstone special issue Agency: Leftloft / Milano Client: Rolling Stone Italia Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Series
The Ukrainian: Life and Culture Agency: Panic Design / Kharkiv Client: The magazine "The Ukrainian: Life and Culture" Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Series
Lithops Display Typeface Agency: Daytona Mess - Anne-Dauphine Borione + Velvetyne Type Foundry + Jérémy Landes - VTF Client: Personal Category: Single Style Typeface
Brigada Agency: Sumotype Foundry / Bogotá Client: Personal Category: Single Style Typeface
UND Agency: Playtype / Copenhagen Client: N/A Category: Single Style Typeface
Ara Tangut Agency: Willow Type Foundry / Tokyo Client: Shintaro Arakawa / Tokyo University of Foreign Stu Category: Single Style Typeface
Noto Fangsong Khitan Small Script Agency: GUYU BEIJING CO LTD / Beijing Client: Google Noto Fonts Category: Single Style Typeface
Prima Agency: Wiener Schriften / Vienna Client: Wiener Bildungsserver Category: Single Style Typeface
Gulzar Agency: Google Fonts Client: Google Fonts Category: Single Style Typeface
Mangosteen Agency: Ek Type / Mumbai Client: N/A Category: Single Style Typeface
得物字体 POIZONSans Agency: 得物App / 上海 Client: 得物 POIZON Category: Single Style Typeface
Vilom Agency: Ek Type / Mumbai Client: N/A Category: Single Style Typeface
Zhian Typeface Agency: Frontline Typo Client: Frontline Typo Category: Single Style Typeface
Rivne Font Agency: Oleksandra Korchevska-Tsekhosh / Rivne + Kyrylo Tkachov / Lutsk Client: Personal Category: Single Style Typeface
SF Symbols 4 Agency: Apple Design Team / Cupertino Client: Apple Category: Software - Other
Samson Agency: Seven / Auckland Client: Samson Category: Environmental Design / Installation / Environmental Design
The Glass Ceiling Agency: Rebekka Hausmann / Zurich Client: Personal Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Stargazine Agency: Thinking*Room / Jakarta Client: Thinking*Room Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
REFERENCE Agency: out.o studio / Beijing Client: REFERENCE Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
The Health Issue Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York, New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
The Black Wallstreet Times: Greenwood One Hundred Agency: Morcos Key / New York Client: The Black Wallstreet Times Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
I WANT SKY Agency: Morcos Key / New York Client: Mizna Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Geopolitics Agency: Burrow / Berlin Client: IDOLONSTUDIO (Chun-chi Wang) Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
The Irregular Times Agency: Irregulars Alliance LLP / New Delhi Client: Personal Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
The Games Issue Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York, New York Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

2023 Lettering TDC Best of Discipline

Principal / Montreal + Jardins de Métis / Grand-Métis

Jardins de Métis

Jardins de Métis Poster 2022

Best of Lettering

TDC69_LT000T

2023 Typography TDC Best of Discipline

Morcos Key / New York

Mizna

I WANT SKY

Best of Typography

TDC69_TY000T

2023 Type Design TDC Best of Discipline

Universal Thirst / Bangalore/Reykjavík

N/A

Ilai

Best of Type Design

TDC69_TD000T

2023 Lettering TDC Winner

Studio These Days / Istanbul

Duende

Başrol Müzik / Leading Music

Motion / Animated Posters - Series

TDC69_LT001T

2023 Lettering TDC Winner

Yevhen Spizhovyi / Kyiv

Charity project

Lines from the national anthem of Ukraine

Print or Digital / Calligraphy - Single

TDC69_LT016T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Mucho

University of California Investments

UC AR Augmented Reality Annual Report

Digital / Technology / Augmented Reality

TDC69_TY015T

2023 Lettering TDC Winner

Sky Creative Agency Italia / Milano + Oplà Production Srl / Milano

Sky Creative Agency Italia

MasterChef Italy

Print or Digital / Street Advertising - Single

TDC69_LT004T

2023 Lettering TDC Winner

Frontline Typo + Studio Metaphor

Frontline Typo Platform

Numerals of Injustice Daily Planner 2022

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_LT025T

2023 Lettering TDC Winner

Heejae Kim / New York City

GQ Korea

2022 Contents of the Year

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_LT029T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

LettError / The Hague

Personal

LTR Principia*

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD015T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

JAMO

Google Fonts

Grandiflora

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD016T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Nils Dam Nordlund / Copenhagen

Personal

Uvas Display

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD017T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Boharat type foundry / Cairo

Boharat type foundry

Zaatar Typeface

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD018T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Antipixel type studio / Buenos Aires

N/A

Cumbre

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD019T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Parachute Typefoundry / Athens

Parachute Typefoundry

PF Expo

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD021T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Sakkal Design / Bothell

Sakkal Design

Sakkal Saad Arabic Typeface

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD022T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Universal Thirst / Bangalore/Reykjavík

N/A

Ouma

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD023T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Monotype / Woburn

Monotype

Shorai Sans

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD024T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Typotheque / The Hague

Typotheque

TPTQ Sans CJK

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD025T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Typotheque / The Hague

Typotheque

Lava Georgian

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD026T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Maksym Kobuzan / Kyiv

Personal

Nyght Serif

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD027T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Zetafonts / Firenze

N/A

Keratine

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD028T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Pentagram / New York

The Philadelphia Inquirer

A More Perfect Union

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Series

TDC69_TY089T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Laura Coombs / New York + Nicolas Kemper / New York

New York Review of Architecture

New York Review of Architecture

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Series

TDC69_TY090T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

GQ / New York + Condé Nast / New York

GQ

GQ Magazine feature opening spreads

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Series

TDC69_TY091T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Leftloft / Milano

Rolling Stone Italia

Rollingstone special issue

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Series

TDC69_TY092T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Panic Design / Kharkiv

The magazine "The Ukrainian: Life and Culture"

The Ukrainian: Life and Culture

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Series

TDC69_TY093T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Daytona Mess - Anne-Dauphine Borione + Velvetyne Type Foundry + Jérémy Landes - VTF

Personal

Lithops Display Typeface

Single Style Typeface

TDC69_TD001T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Sumotype Foundry / Bogotá

Personal

Brigada

Single Style Typeface

TDC69_TD002T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Playtype / Copenhagen

N/A

UND

Single Style Typeface

TDC69_TD003T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Willow Type Foundry / Tokyo

Shintaro Arakawa / Tokyo University of Foreign Stu

Ara Tangut

Single Style Typeface

TDC69_TD004T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

GUYU BEIJING CO LTD / Beijing

Google Noto Fonts

Noto Fangsong Khitan Small Script

Single Style Typeface

TDC69_TD006T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Wiener Schriften / Vienna

Wiener Bildungsserver

Prima

Single Style Typeface

TDC69_TD008T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Google Fonts

Google Fonts

Gulzar

Single Style Typeface

TDC69_TD009T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Ek Type / Mumbai

N/A

Mangosteen

Single Style Typeface

TDC69_TD010T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

得物App / 上海

得物 POIZON

得物字体 POIZONSans

Single Style Typeface

TDC69_TD011T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Ek Type / Mumbai

N/A

Vilom

Single Style Typeface

TDC69_TD012T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Frontline Typo

Frontline Typo

Zhian Typeface

Single Style Typeface

TDC69_TD013T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Oleksandra Korchevska-Tsekhosh / Rivne + Kyrylo Tkachov / Lutsk

Personal

Rivne Font

Single Style Typeface

TDC69_TD014T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Apple Design Team / Cupertino

Apple

SF Symbols 4

Software - Other

TDC69_TD054T

2023 Lettering TDC Winner

Seven / Auckland

Samson

Samson

Environmental Design / Installation / Environmental Design

TDC69_LT030T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Rebekka Hausmann / Zurich

Personal

The Glass Ceiling

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY073T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Thinking*Room / Jakarta

Thinking*Room

Stargazine

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY074T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

out.o studio / Beijing

REFERENCE

REFERENCE

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY075T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

The New York Times Magazine / New York, New York

The New York Times Magazine

The Health Issue

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY076T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Morcos Key / New York

The Black Wallstreet Times

The Black Wallstreet Times: Greenwood One Hundred

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY077T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Morcos Key / New York

Mizna

I WANT SKY

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY078T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Burrow / Berlin

IDOLONSTUDIO (Chun-chi Wang)

Geopolitics

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY079T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Irregulars Alliance LLP / New Delhi

Personal

The Irregular Times

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY080T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

The New York Times Magazine / New York, New York

The New York Times for Kids

The Games Issue

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY081T

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