'An example in typography is how a classic font such as Futura had adapted its form, making it more accessible and usable as Futura Now. 'One of the biggest drives in graphic design for next year and beyond will be inclusivity,' believes Christy Davies, design director at Echo. There's also growing awareness for accessibility, which means that hopefully, typography will focus more on more making legibility and readability a priority. She's also hoping for 'more rounded sans to improve legibility a less is more digital approach, again to reduce effort and therefore carbon load.' 'I'd like to think there'll be more awareness of fonts that save ink and therefore carbon like Ryman's Eco font in print,' says designer Berenice Smith. Font trends for 2022Įnvironmental concerns will be frontline, certainly. But as we try to forget the misery of the last two years, we expect a lot of future-facing, groundbreaking type designs to be coming our way too.

And we're expecting retro styles to continue to play their part, alongside a growing art nouveau trend and a resurgence of 1990s fonts.

Right now, maximalism and creativity are being pushed to their limits. Besides that, there have been lots of fun new font releases to help take our minds off recent world events.īut now, as we emerge from lockdown, what's the next step for typography in 2021? We're now seeing sharp and exaggerated characters everywhere, alongside an ongoing return to the comfort and familiarity of retro fonts, such as 1970s serifs.

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