The World's Best Typography® (Typography 45) is the only annual devoted exclusively to typography and presents the finest work produced during 2024 hand-selected by the fields
Hundreds of winning designs for the 70th annual Type Directors Club competition (TDC70) were selected from over 2,000 international submissions.
This beautiful book features full-color images of new fonts and innovative type design in a wide range of categories including books, magazines, corporate identities, logos, stationery, annual reports, video and web graphics, and posters. Featuring an innovative lenticular cover.
Each design, each set of lettering and so on, has been hand selected by our dedicated, world-renowned judges listed below.
Communication Design
- Maria Asare-Boadi, art director, Meta, New York
- Andy Chen, partner, Isometric Studio, New York
- Mark De Winne, creative director, Relay Room/Multitudes, Singapore
- Manija Emran, cofounder, creative director, Me & the Bootmaker, Los Angeles
- Emily Oberman, partner, Pentagram, New York
- Tala Safie, graphics and multimedia editor, The New York Times, New York
- Yoshihisa Shirai (白井敬尚), graphic designer, Shirai Design Studio; professor. Musashino Art University, Tokyo
Type Design
- Nada Abdallah, assistant professor, College of Fine Arts and Design, University of Sharjah, Sharjah
- Elí Castellanos, font developer, CocijoType, Queretaro
- Jo De Baerdemaeker, typeface designer, font developer, scholar, studio type, Antwerp
- Cyrus Highsmith, creative director, Occupant Fonts, Providence
- Caroline Laudon, MFA graphic designer, type designer, type director, Laudon Design AB, Gothenburg
- Sammy Or, type director, VMType, Hong Kong
- Isao Suzuki (鈴木功), director, type director, Type Project Inc., Tokyo
Lettering
- Alanna Flowers, lettering artist, designer, AGF Design Studio, New York
- Ricardo González Contreras, artist, designer, IT’S A LIVING, New York
- Ilana Griffo and Katie Johnson, co-owners, Goodtype, New York/Austin
- Ben Johnston, artist, designer, Toronto
- Ken-Tsai Lee, associate professor, ken-tsai lee design Lab/Taiwan TECH, Taipei
- Lygia Pires, lettering artist, illustrator, graphic designer, Lygia Pires Studio, São Paulo
- Arley Torsone, letterer, designerer, illustrator, Ladyfingers Letterpress, Colorado Springs
Typography (Typography 45) was designed by Wolff Olins. Type Directors Club members throughout the world receive this publication as part of their annual membership, and everyone is encouraged to join.
