2023 has seen font trends with nostalgic undertones and cosy and familiar design teaming with a hint of futurism. Design is no longer defined by the times as all eras are available at the press of a button, lending versatility to graphic design and the chance to blend styles. Here we look at four current typeface trends.
Liquid Chrome
Emerging 3D visuals were prioritised in textures and shapes’ design trends after computers’ unsuccessful attempt to end the world during Y2K. By bringing back Y2K-style letters, full metallic sheens, and melting 3D shapes for 2023, font makers are recapturing that optimism.
Although the design is historical, it has a futuristic vibe. This writing design calls for complex software abilities, and therefore, it celebrates the power of technology. As the texture exhibits careful 3D representation and formless fluidity, the trend is also distinguished by a fusion of realism and abstraction.
Vintage Narrow Serifs
While rounded, bubbly fonts made a strong comeback last year, 2023’s font trends are more sophisticated. Designers are drawing influence from the 80s, when print fashion magazines were in their glory and typesetters favoured tall, slender serifs like Bodoni.
With a height that seems majestic and thinness that feels delicate, vintage narrow serifs have a timeless appeal. They appear to be both robust and soft as a result. Italicised letters, looping descenders, and ornate ears and terminals are just a few examples of the small flourishes used by many of these types.
Distorted Fonts
2023 designers are serving up deformed typefaces that are almost completely unreadable. These typefaces either have entirely distorted letterforms or are concealed by layered images. One advantage of using these fonts is that the reader needs to pay close attention and use context clues to understand what they represent.
This fashion trend is helpful in projects that would benefit from enticing audiences to interact with text in ways other than reading, such as interactive activities.
Art Deco
Considering that we live in a new era of the Roaring 20s, it is not surprising that the romanticism of the era is making a comeback in design. This calls for reimaginings of Art Deco writing for the typeface trends of 2023.
Typical Art Deco typefaces were towering sans-serifs with a balance of aerodynamic curves and straight lines, resembling the skyscrapers and zeppelins that symbolised the advancement of civilisation.
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