Every beginning of the year brings new design opportunities and new trends to analyze. It’s time for a revision on the trends for this upcoming 2021 in fonts and typography, so you can pick choose the right option for the project you are on to, and keep up with the design styles flooding out there.
1.- Futuristic Fonts
Futuristic themed designs are definitely in trend, from space era films to videogames ambiented in 2077 (not to mention our everyday apocalyptic vibe) seems like the future is now. Futuristic, clean fonts with straight clean lines will be in trend this year.
2.- Japan Inspired Fonts
Japan has this unique vibe of being deeply traditional, but also well established in the modern high-tech era. japanese inspired fonts are not exclusive to your favorite sushi place anymore. You can see them around in clothing apparels, ice cream shops and kawaii parafernalia.
3.- Cursive Fonts
From expressive, long tailed, delicate type fonts, to thick, heavy brushes with paint traces. Cursive fonts have been in trend for a while now, breaking the usual grids.
4.- Wire Fonts
Wire fonts have a variety of options out there for you, from elegant, minimalistic outlines to complex grids and mesh styles in the inside of the letter.
5.- Elegant Serif Fonts
Serifs are a classic, but there’s a thin line between being an always classic to a plain boring font. There are plenty of options of elegant serif fonts with discret serif, clean straight lines and thin minimalistic looks for elegant projects.
6.- Organic Fonts
Wood carved, rubber stamped, burned or cut out imperfect, organic fonts are on the rise. Natural, minimalistic, organic looks in general are widespread along various brands and styles.
7.- Textured Fonts
Despite if it’s a serif, sans serif, cursive or straight. Textured fonts are something to look into in this 2021.
