Fresco Arabic Wins TCD2 2008 Award

For excellence in Typeface Design

29 Jul 2008 – 22 Aug 2008
18:00 17:30 TCD TCD 127 West 25th Street, 8th Flo or NY 10001 New York, +1-212-633-8943 ((view on map)) 127 West 25th Street, 8th Flo or NY 10001 New York,

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Congratulations to our Khatt members Lara Assouad-Khoury and Fred Smeijers for their achievement!

The Fresco Arabic Font designed and developed by Lara Assouad-Khoury and Fred Smeijers, wins the Type Directors Club in New York's TDC2 2008 award for excellence in Typeface design.

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The winning entries for the TDC Competitions, TDC54 and TDC2 2008, in typographic and typeface design, will be published in a book Typography 29: the Annual of the Type Directors Club available at the end of 2008. The work will be exhibited at The One Club in New York, from Tuesday 29 July 2008 – Friday 22 August 2008.

Read more about the font design in the Projects: Typographic Matchmaking 01 section of this site.

Venue
The One Club, 21 East 26th Street (between Madison and Fifth Aves) 5th floor, New York. Monday – Thursday, 10:00 am – 5:30 pm; Friday, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Opening Date and Time
6:00–8:00pm Tuesday 29 July 2008