Design is everywhere, from street signs to simple food packaging, and much of it goes unnoticed by the untrained eye. Design can influence you without you even noticing and one major element of design that can be very influential is typography. The art of typography has been around for centuries, from cast iron letter and ink right up to our modern day fonts. The history of type and fonts is fascinating however, thats another area altogether. We at 360innovate pride oursleves in keeping up with current design trends and fonts are a major part of this.
Fontorama!
Choosing a font can be vital to the success of a design, whether its a logo or a website, getting the font to match the look and feel you are wanting can be time consuming but ulimately rewarding. With millions of fonts to choose from, your are spoilt for choice. And with sites like Dafont there is unlimited access to free fonts for you to use. Trends emerge through web design and print design and we thought we would talk about a couple of trends that we like within font design.
Hand-Draw Fonts
The first font trend that we love is the use of hand-written fonts. These styles of fonts are being used more and more because of the personal style they give to websites and other media. Hand-written fonts come in a variety of shapes and styles so it is best to use ones that are open and more legible than some sripts to overcome illegibility issues. However be careful not to overload your design with hand-written fonts, use them sparsely to create a more modern feel while still adding the personal touch that you are wanting.
Example of hand-written font:
Retro Inspired Fonts
Another font style we are totally crushing on at the moment are fonts that have a vintage and faded feel. This almost grundgy type of font gives an edgy feel to a design making it look old and used giving the impression of a retro era. Retro styles have had a large comeback and many fonts have embraced this by-gone era providing us with a selection for vintage inspired fonts. Again, this font styles should be used sparingly to really make a statment and impact.
Examples of good retro fonts:
So the next time you are designing, take advantage of all the great trendy fonts out there.
Tags: design, fonts, typography
