The International Society of Typographic Designers, ISTD, is a professional body run by and for typographers, graphic designers and educators. The Society has an international membership, and its aims are to establish and maintain standards of typography and to provide a forum for debate.
Now recognised as the authoritative body for typography in the UK and with growing recognition internationally, the Society also keeps sight of its 'real purpose', as described by its founder, Vincent Steer: '...to bring together in friendship and mutual help, all those with a love of the printed word'.