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- Among the top trends are Retro Condensed, Calligraphic Mix, Goofy Sans Serifs, Classic Modernism, Subtle Sci-Fi, and 80s Editorial. Each of these font styles offers unique qualities that can enhance your design in different ways.
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May 6, 2024 · According to the official website for Accessibility for Teams, the best font for UI design is “a typeface that emphasizes clarity and legibility.” Some designers believe that sans-serif and serif faces are the go-to for long-form reading for UI.
- Six Big Font Trends For 2023
- Sans Serif Fonts
- Serif Fonts
- Slab Serif Fonts
- Variable Fonts
- Display Fonts
1. Accessibility for all
Accessibility is vital when it comes to type. After all, if members of your audience literally can't read the text you have typeset, you have failed them 100 per cent. So it's good news that discussion around neurodiversity and inclusivity has been one of the big typography trends of 2022, says Kirsty Minns, executive creative director at Mother Design. That said, she still feels things need to be pushed further. "Brands can do so much more than producing larger type sizes and opening up kern...
2. The trusty Geometric sans builds on its legacy
Is there no end to the enduring love of geometric sans? Inspired by near-perfect circles and squares, born out of Germany in the 1920s, its pioneers, Herbert Bayer, Jakob Erbar, and later Paul Renner, laid the foundations for what the design world still fondly uses today. But will 2023 continue to embrace this beloved group once more? Particularly as we look to timeless and familiar designs that build trust and stability in a seemingly chaotic world. Interestingly, Creative Director Chris Ske...
3. Nostalgia is everywhere
It's interesting to see that the creative industry continues to find comfort in retro designs, drawing upon previous fashions and trends to bring identities, packaging and campaigns dripping with nostalgia. Marie Boulanger, brand designer at Monotype, thinks we've moved beyond the "soft serve" seventies serifs to embrace other decades, too, "We've seen a number of projects dive head first into typographic indulgence through effects such as outlines, shadows and glow," she says. "The title des...
1. Bull-5 by David Einwaller
Released this April, Bull-5 is a revival of a particular style of typewriter font that emerged in the 1960s, associated with Olivetti typewriters. Designer David Einwaller developed it by digitising printed type samples from labels of photographic prints from a newspaper's 1980s archive. With a raw and mechanical character, Bull-5's Regular Style offers excellent legibility; it also comes in Mono and Slab-Serif styles. Our only niggle is that it could do with some extra weights, so we're hopi...
2. Cosmica by Village
First released in 2018, this is a fun sans that offers lots of opportunities for typographic experimentation. Chester Jenkins' first release in five years abandons the rectellipse, tiptoes around the squircle, and adheres closely to the rules of geometric type construction – but not too closely. As with most of his type designs, it's an original work rather than a historical recreation and was originally developed as a personal project.
3. The Future by Klim Type Foundry
The Future is a reimagining of Paul Renner's classic font Futura as a monospaced typewriter font. What, its creator Kris Sowersby asked if Renner had moved to Japan and was asked to adapt Futura for the typewriter by Kyota Sugimoto? Released this June, the Future is inspired by Futura's geometric architecture, its avant-garde alternates, and Renner's insistence that his font was a "serifless Roman" and not a Grotesk. In short, this fascinating new font is, in the words of Sowersby, "Futura's...
11. BN Viceroy by Brandon Nickerson
There's tall and thin, and then there's tall and thin. Created by graphic designer Brandon Nickerson, BN Viceroy goes to the extreme but does it in style and with a thoughtfulness that provides excellent functionality overall. This serif display typeface, which boasts over 200 glyphs, needs to be used carefully but can be a great choice when you're trying to make your design stand out.
12. Bariol Serif by Atipo Foundry
Bariol Serif is a clean, soft and friendly font that turns heads and offers fantastic readability. With a modern and functional design, it offers many ligatures and alternate forms and handles all-caps styling with aplomb. The regular and italic versions of this font are free to download in exchange for a tweet.
13. Saol Standard by Schick Toikka
Saol is a reinterpretation of serif faces of the 1800s, such as Caxton Old Style and Old West Style, that run counter to the regularity and soberness of modern type. This new font is drawn with present-day needs in mind but retains the eccentric spirit of its sources. Diagonal strokes cross conventional boundaries in the A, M, W, k, and y; shoulders are unusually taut in the h, n and u; and razor-edge details abound in the E, G, R, T, and t. All this, plus a wide range of weights, broad langu...
23. Glance Slab by Identity Letters
Released in 2020, Glance Slab is an experimental slab serif playing on the tension between connection and detachment. The gaps between its strokes create a stencil-like effect that's quite arresting at first glance, as some serifs may be detached, and some strokes may not connect to their stems. This makes the font a good option for branding or any other large-scale application. It comes in seven weights and 570 glyphs.
24. Newsagent by Beasts of England
Want some really expressive? Check out this eye-opening new font, designed by Simon Walker and released in September this year. Newsagent is a bold, condensed serif in a robust and formal style with some soft, modern flourishes. It also boasts a set of decorative swash caps designed to be used together and kerned together tightly. There's just one weight at the moment (Regular), but here's hoping for more in future.
25. Minipax by Velvetyne Type Foundry
Minipax is a free, open-source font inspired by George Orwell's novel 1984 and designed to evoke the atmosphere of the dystopian world it describes. Designer Raphaël Ronot wanted it to be as complete as possible (large glyph sets are rare in the world of open source), so you'll find plenty of alternates, ligatures, special characters and diacritics to play with.
28. Void by Optimo
Void is a highly original and innovative display typeface featuring blobby shapes with a magnetic fluidity that suggests otherworldliness. Designed by Malte Bentzen and released this year, Void combines a range of references from science fiction to 1990s visual culture to create a unique visual language. Available both in a variable format and with three static weights (thin, regular, and bold), you won't fail to attract attention using this font in display applications.
29. Foundry Unie by The Foundry Types
When a font foundry creates a typeface for its very own website, you know they're going to come up with something special, and that's certainly the case with Foundry Unie, which has only just been released. A geometric sans in the European tradition, it's inspired by Universal, Futura and Avenir, as well as disparate sources like Edward Johnson's London Underground Transport typeface, the De Stijl art movement, and the 1925 facade of the Die Unie café in Rotterdam. Round, open, and minimal, i...
30. GT Ultra by Grilli Type
Not sure whether you want a sans or serif style? GT Ultra is designed to offer the best of both worlds fused together in what's described as a "humanist flare sans". Released in 2021, GT Ultra draws inspiration from the clunky, chunky, and funky flare serif typefaces from the 1970s and 1980s, taking cues from their decorative aesthetic to craft something entirely new. The narrower proportions of the Italic are balanced by its lighter weight and steeper terminal strokes. This allows it to effo...
32. Officially Funky by Silver Stag
Released in June this year, Officially Funky is a two-in-one font with a funky vibe that combines the modern cleanness of sans with alternate serif letters and cool ligatures. The font also includes over 45 ligatures, full language support, punctuation and numerals, and detailed instructions on how to use alternate letters in apps such as Canva.
33. BN Modern Ombra by Brandon Nickerson
Another gloriously OTT, 1970s-inspired font, BN Modern Ombra is a modern take on the classic Motter Ombra, originally designed by Othmar Motter in 1973 and digitised by Linotype. To create this new interpretation, Brandon Nickerson used geometric circles and teardrop shapes and completely remodelled certain letters. BN Modern Ombra would work well in layouts, headlines and logos.
34. Acma by Pangram Pangram Foundry
Acma is another unusual font that brings together a lot of competing ideas. Inspired by the Japanese modernist aesthetic as well as the fashion world, it's ultimately precise and subtle, yet it incorporates unconventional forms and rhythms, making it feel flowy and temperamental. Originally intended for editorial headlines, this highly contrasted, narrow sans serif ranges from thin to black and is best used for 12-point type and above.
- Inter (free) Inter is a free, open-source sans-serif typeface designed by Swedish designer/programmer Rasmus Andersson. It was designed to work well on screens as a UI font and features a large x-height.
- DM Sans (free) DM Sans is a low-contrast geometric sans serif design, intended for use at small sizes which makes it an excellent choice for UI design.
- Satoshi (free) Satoshi is a popular modernist and geometric sans serif font created by Deni Anggara, a Jakarta-based typeface and graphic designer. Satoshi made its debut on Fontshare in March 2021.
- Mona Sans (free) Released in November 2022, Mona Sans is a beautiful and versatile sans serif typeface by GitHub. This font family was designed alongside Indonesian studio, Degarism, and is 100% open source!
- Bourton. This layered, blocky font and companion script are a perfect font pairing. Designed by Kimmy Kirkwood. Bourton was the third-most used font in our logo maker this year.
- Brocklyn. Strong, geometrical shapes with varied crossbar heights give Brocklyn a sense of motion and character that feels almost architectural. Brocklyn, the 5th most popular font among our users, is a powerful display font with a New York aesthetic.
- Roque. Roque is a playful, punchy solid font that uses solid shapes and lines to create a cohesive typeface. Ideal for energetic brand identities, Roque would be a great fit for tech-forward businesses looking to appeal to a relatively young audience, like students or young professionals.
- Manchego. Manchego, by renowned font designer Emil Bertell, is the ‘love child of Cooper Black and Windsor’, two well-known serif fonts. Punchy, impactful, and beautiful in bold colors, Manchego is one of our favorite fonts for 2023.
- Montserrat. The adaptable sans-serif typeface Montserrat exudes sophistication and modernity. It was created by one of the best font designers, Julieta Ulanovsky, and boasts simple lines and proportions that make it perfect for a variety of design applications.
- Poppins. Poppins is a contemporary sans-serif font known for its excellent legibility and versatility. Created by Indian Type Foundry, it offers a harmonious balance between geometric shapes and humanist influences.
- Roboto. Google created Roboto, a popular and very adaptable sans-serif font, for the Android operating system. Roboto has a sleek, contemporary design and provides outstanding readability across a range of sizes and screen resolutions.
- Open Sans. Open Sans, a friendly and approachable sans-serif font, was created by Steve Matteson. With its clean and legible design, Open Sans is widely used for both digital and print projects.
Dec 21, 2023 · These are our picks for the best 30 fonts of 2023. Enjoy! Mint Grotesk. A quirky sans with extensive options for demanding type treatments, including tabular figures. Mint Grotesk is an excellent choice for complex UI design. MC Belotra. We love the graceful curves and modest serifs of MC Belotra. The relatively low contrast and flared strokes ...
Apr 3, 2023 · We’ve gone ahead and picked the top 6 trending fonts that you can use to perfect your UI: Open Sans: Open Sans is a humanist sans serif typeface designed by Steve Matteson, Type Director of...
