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

Ilai Agency: Universal Thirst / Bangalore/Reykjavík Client: N/A Category: Best of Type Design
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
ELLA Agency: Laura Meseguer / Barcelona + Type-Ø-Tones / Barcelona Client: Laura Meseguer (Personal project) Category: Superfamily (non-related styles)
Rezak Agency: TypeTogether Client: TypeTogether Category: Superfamily (non-related styles)
Portada Arabic Agency: TypeTogether Client: TypeTogether Category: Superfamily (non-related styles)
November South Asia Agency: Typotheque / The Hague Client: Typotheque Category: Superfamily (non-related styles)
Stuff Type Suite Agency: Monolith / Auckland + Designworks / Auckland Client: Stuff Category: Superfamily (non-related styles)
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)
SF Symbols 4 Agency: Apple Design Team / Cupertino Client: Apple Category: Software - Other
Denton Family Agency: Peregrin Studio / London Client: Peregrin Studio Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Nouveau Agency: Poem / Frankfurt am Main Client: Poem Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
SF Arabic Rounded Agency: Apple Design Team / Cupertino Client: Apple Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Cupidus Agency: Just Another Foundry GmbH / Garching Client: N/A Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Rainer Agency: Vectro / Portland + Philipp Neumeyer / Berlin Client: N/A Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
29LT Ada Sharp, Flat, and Round Agency: 29Letters Type Foundry [29LT] / Madrid Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
RISD Serif and RISD Sans Agency: Ryan Bugden / Brooklyn + Gretel / Brooklyn Client: RISD Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
November Georgian Agency: Typotheque / The Hague Client: Typotheque Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Fagun Agency: The Northern Block Client: The Northern Block Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Grounded in Their Roots, Growing Into the Future Agency: Wolff Olins / New York + Jolin Ras + Ryan Bugden + Stephanie Gonot Client: Instacart Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Juma Color Font Agency: Cyla Costa Studio + Naipe Foundry Client: Personal Category: Color Font
Yasar Agency: Reina Akkoush Client: Personal Category: Variable Font
Atlante Agency: TypeTogether Client: TypeTogether Category: Variable Font
Ilai Agency: Universal Thirst / Bangalore/Reykjavík Client: N/A Category: Variable Font
Marienlyst Display Agency: ANTI / Oslo + The Pyte Foundry / Ellmer Stefan / Oslo / Oslo Client: Ferd / Marienlyst Category: Variable Font

2023 Type Design TDC Best of Discipline

Universal Thirst / Bangalore/Reykjavík

N/A

Ilai

Best of Type Design

TDC69_TD000T

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

Laura Meseguer / Barcelona + Type-Ø-Tones / Barcelona

Laura Meseguer (Personal project)

ELLA

Superfamily (non-related styles)

TDC69_TD043T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

TypeTogether

TypeTogether

Rezak

Superfamily (non-related styles)

TDC69_TD044T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

TypeTogether

TypeTogether

Portada Arabic

Superfamily (non-related styles)

TDC69_TD045T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Typotheque / The Hague

Typotheque

November South Asia

Superfamily (non-related styles)

TDC69_TD046T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Monolith / Auckland + Designworks / Auckland

Stuff

Stuff Type Suite

Superfamily (non-related styles)

TDC69_TD047T

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 Type Design TDC Winner

Apple Design Team / Cupertino

Apple

SF Symbols 4

Software - Other

TDC69_TD054T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Peregrin Studio / London

Peregrin Studio

Denton Family

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD031T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Poem / Frankfurt am Main

Poem

Nouveau

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD032T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Apple Design Team / Cupertino

Apple

SF Arabic Rounded

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD033T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Just Another Foundry GmbH / Garching

N/A

Cupidus

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD034T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Vectro / Portland + Philipp Neumeyer / Berlin

N/A

Rainer

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD035T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

29Letters Type Foundry [29LT] / Madrid

N/A

29LT Ada Sharp, Flat, and Round

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD036T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Ryan Bugden / Brooklyn + Gretel / Brooklyn

RISD

RISD Serif and RISD Sans

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD038T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Typotheque / The Hague

Typotheque

November Georgian

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD039T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

The Northern Block

The Northern Block

Fagun

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD040T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Wolff Olins / New York + Jolin Ras + Ryan Bugden + Stephanie Gonot

Instacart

Grounded in Their Roots, Growing Into the Future

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD042T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Cyla Costa Studio + Naipe Foundry

Personal

Juma Color Font

Color Font

TDC69_TD030T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Reina Akkoush

Personal

Yasar

Variable Font

TDC69_TD049T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

TypeTogether

TypeTogether

Atlante

Variable Font

TDC69_TD051T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Universal Thirst / Bangalore/Reykjavík

N/A

Ilai

Variable Font

TDC69_TD052T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

ANTI / Oslo + The Pyte Foundry / Ellmer Stefan / Oslo / Oslo

Ferd / Marienlyst

Marienlyst Display

Variable Font

TDC69_TD053T

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