September 18, 2023
Nothing upgrades your designs like deciding on the precise font. It’s all too simple to fall into the entice of utilizing the identical typeface again and again, so each month, we publish this roundup to clean up your font menu.
On this month’s version, you’ll discover loads of sans-serifs with a twist, some retro scripts, and one thing for anybody already prepping for Halloween.
Volksans
Volksans is a exact and very well-executed sans-serif. Primarily based on an early Twentieth-century design for Prussian railways, it’s extremely legible and has a well-known really feel to it. Look intently, and there are some good particulars, just like the cropped factors, that make it really feel extra up to date.
Basilar
Basilar is one other sans serif font that pulls its inspiration from an early Twentieth-century German typeface. This time, we discover a sans serif that’s much less uniform and extra sleek, with a better distinction lending the household a humanist high quality.
Mum or dad
Parent is a refined and assured serif sort household. It is available in 5 weights, and a variable font is on the market. It additionally has a companion Ink model that makes use of ink traps – inner and exterior — on the corners for an attention-grabbing ornamental addition at bigger sizes.
Hoppa
Hoppa is a playful, optimistic feeling sans-serif. It has a particular loop stroke on glyphs with a bowl and stem (just like the a, and p) that creates a sense of vitality and motion. The remainder of the design is a straightforward geometric sans-approach, protecting it legible.
Kolonia
Kolonia is a classy serif typeface with exaggerated brackets, giving it the sensation of a textual content in print. Nonetheless, it has some beautiful particulars which can be distinctly trendy. Hardly ever – if ever — has a lowercase g seemed a lot like a cowboy leaning towards a bar.
Chillink
Chillink is a super-bold script typeface. The swollen letters merge collectively, creating a very graphical form. It has a cool, retro really feel however solely use at show sizes — and even then, in small doses.
Restart
Restart Soft and its companion typeface, Restart Hard, are extremely polished sans-serifs. The proportions are distinctive, and the vertical rhythm is sensational. It’s an awesome selection for something from signage to branding initiatives.
Welvum
Welvum is a comic book show typeface that’s full of vitality. It’s an awesome choice for signage, however it could additionally work nicely as a logotype.
Arbale
Arbale is a selected form of geometric sans-serif, embracing because it does sq. strokes on the a and u, and an exaggerated diagonal on the e. Within the bolder weights, the letterforms virtually look like pulling faces at you. It’s an awesome choice for brand designers.
Octangle
Octangle is a retro show typeface with a beneficiant distinction. It’s nice for evoking nostalgia.
Mayson
Mayson makes use of Arabic calligraphy to tell its Latin letterforms and vice versa, leading to a sublime however extremely legible typeface. It’s additionally accessible as a variable font.
Plain
Plain is a straightforward, trendy sans-serif with sleek shapes and little in the way in which of embellishment. It’s a workhorse of a font household and works nicely at virtually any scale, from footnotes to billboards.
Wornas
Wornas is a singular design with steampunk-style ornament. It’s solely usable at show sizes and is greatest suited to single phrases. It’s crying out for use on a film poster.
Adecko
Adecko is a good graffiti font, good for capturing a laid-back, unconventional model. It really works greatest when full of coloration.
Horror Fables
There are just a few holidays all year long that warrant devoted typefaces. Certainly one of them is Halloween, and in case you’re getting prepped early this yr, then look no additional than Horror Fables. It’s good for film posters, social gathering invitations, or simply switching up the sort in your web site sooner or later within the yr.
Ben Moss
Ben Moss is Senior Editor at WebdesignerDepot. He’s designed and coded work for award-winning startups, and international names together with IBM, UBS, and the FBI. Certainly one of as of late he’ll run a sub-4hr marathon. Say hi on Twitter.