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Young Ones TDC

NEW FOR 2022! With the rich typographic history of the Type Directors Club now part of The One Club for Creativity family, we are so, so excited to include TDC’s Student Competition within Young Ones!

If you’re already familiar with TDC’s Student Competitions, don’t worry, very little has changed. The student work will still be judged alongside the professional entries, with the same globally diverse jury. And as always, the best student work will gain a level of immortality by being featured in the revered TDC Annual — one of the few awards annuals still in print! The main difference is that the top student winners will also be part of the Young Ones ceremonies during Creative Week next May!

If you’re new to TDC, consider this an opportunity to show off how you’re able to create type and lettering (Typeface Design) or make use of others’ type and lettering (Communication Design). This greatly expands on the categories offered in the Typography section of Young Ones, ADC. So if you’re in love with ligatures, drool over descenders, and go gaga over glyphs, Young Ones TDC is the place to be!

NOTE: Young Ones TDC has a much earlier entry deadline than the other Young Ones competitions. This is because they must be judged early in order to be included in the printed TDC Annual.

Deadlines

Regular Deadline: December 17, 2021
Final Deadline /w Late Fee: January 21, 2022

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Communication Design

YOT-01A: Communication Design - Single
Regular Deadline Fee: $45.00

Unpublished work produced by students in design classes. It must a class assignment from the teacher/professor. A one-sentence description of the assignment, name of the school and instructor must be included.

YOT-01B: Communication Design - Campaign
Regular Deadline Fee: $45.00

Unpublished work (a series of two or more items) produced by students in design classes. It must be a class assignment from the teacher/professor. A one-sentence description of the assignment, name of the school and instructor must be included.

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Typeface Design

YOT-02A: Typeface Design - Single Typeface
Regular Deadline Fee: $45.00

Individual typefaces designed to stand alone with no stylistic variants.
Typefaces featuring special character sets for mathematical, phonetic, and other specialized applications, as well as dingbats, icons, symbols, and other pictorial items in a font format. Ornament and border designs are also included in this subcategory.
Typefaces created for alphabets or writing systems other than Latin are eligible, and should be entered in the appropriate Family, Competition, and Design categories. As necessary, experts in the relevant scripts may be invited by the jury for consultation.
NOTE: THE NAME OF THE DESIGNER AND TYPEFACE MUST NOT APPEAR IN THE SUBMISSION (PDF).

YOT-02B: Typeface Design - Type Family (2-8 Styles)
Regular Deadline Fee: $45.00

Typefaces designed and entered for competition with stylistic variants such as roman, italic, bold, and small caps. Up to and including eight variants are allowed.
Typefaces featuring special character sets for mathematical, phonetic, and other specialized applications, as well as dingbats, icons, symbols, and other pictorial items in a font format. Ornament and border designs are also included in this subcategory.
Typefaces created for alphabets or writing systems other than Latin are eligible, and should be entered in the appropriate Family, Competition, and Design categories. As necessary, experts in the relevant scripts may be invited by the jury for consultation.
NOTE: THE NAME OF THE DESIGNER AND TYPEFACE MUST NOT APPEAR IN THE SUBMISSION (PDF).

YOT-02C: Typeface Design - Superfamily / Type System / Variable Font (9+ Styles)
Regular Deadline Fee: $45.00

Extensive groups of related typefaces featuring separate designs for text and display composition, or groups of related typefaces featuring designs belonging to different style categories, such as serif and sans-serif, serif and slab serif, and serif and semi-serif. Digital fonts in Multiple Master or in OpenType format often fall within this subcategory.
NOTE: THE NAME OF THE DESIGNER AND TYPEFACE MUST NOT APPEAR IN THE SUBMISSION (PDF).

YOT-02D: Typeface Design - Pi or Ornament
Regular Deadline Fee: $45.00

Typefaces featuring special character sets for mathematical, phonetic, and other specialized applications, as well as ding-bats, icons, symbols, and other pictorial items in a font format. Ornament and border designs are also included in this subcategory.
NOTE: THE NAME OF THE DESIGNER AND TYPEFACE MUST NOT APPEAR IN THE SUBMISSION (PDF).

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