The World’s Best Typography, Typography 47 presents the latest winners of the Type Directors Club competition, showcasing outstanding work in communication design, lettering, and typeface design from around the world. For over seventy years, the Type Directors Club has recognized excellence in typography through its annual awards.

This edition continues that tradition in a refreshed, more compact and user-friendly format, now published for the first time at a more accessible price, while offering expanded content and a broad, inspiring selection.

Curated by the Type Directors Club, the book features award-winning projects reflecting the creativity and diversity of today’s global design community. A Judges’ Choices section includes selected works with commentary from jurors and insights from designers, while a structured index of typefaces and designers adds practical reference value.

Typography 47 celebrates typographic excellence and the global community shaping contemporary visual communication.

Publisher: Slanted Publishers

Editors: Griffin McCabe, Joe Newton, Type Directors Club

Design: Lars Harmsen (CD), Marian Misiak (CD), Pola Małaczewska, Slanted Publishers

Release: November 2026

Format: 17 × 24 cm

Volume: 352 pages

Language: English

Printing: full color offset printing with spot colors

Workmanship: softcover with open thread-stitching, black thread, changing papers, embossed foil lamination

ISBN: 978-3-69202-013-6

Price: €45.– (DE)