Fonts are one of the most powerful weapons in a designer’s arsenal. They can change the way one perceives a design. Fonts can make or break a design instantly. Proper usage of fonts or typography sets the scene for your design and conveys a visual message before your client/visitors even start reading. The retro look has been around for a while and shows no signs of slowing down. In the first of a 5-part series I have rounded up 10 amazing, absolutely free retro fonts that will put the "quirky" back in your designs hinting at a postmodern past that was rich with big circles, psychedelic swirls, vinyl sofas, cute volkswagons, candy striped milkshake bars, big happy flowers, space invaders and whimsy jukeboxes. And that is not all. Each image also comes with some design tags that the font conjured up for me. These tags are a great inspiration source, they tell you what the fonts could work best with. Click on the images to go to the source of the font.
METRO RETRO
Design tags – circus, carnival, neon, poster, jazz, billboard, burlesque, theater, glitz, motel, signage.
Airstream
Design Tags – fashion, glamor, betty cooper, tart, popsicles, coiffer, stepford wives, polka dots, bakery, chic, cafe, slender
Design Tags – fashion, glamor, betty cooper, tart, popsicles, coiffer, stepford wives, polka dots, bakery, chic, cafe, slender
Fontleroy Brown
Design Tags – musicals, pleasantville, elegance, panache, honey, restaurant, marilyn monroe
Design Tags – musicals, pleasantville, elegance, panache, honey, restaurant, marilyn monroe
Floraless
Design Tags – pranks, fun, humor, play, kids, casual, comics, speech, labels, milk can, flyers, hippy
Design Tags – pranks, fun, humor, play, kids, casual, comics, speech, labels, milk can, flyers, hippy
Verve
Design Tags – black-tie, gilded, red-carpet, beauty, upper-crust, opera, diamonds, leather, moustache, pinstripe, magic, upholstered
Design Tags – black-tie, gilded, red-carpet, beauty, upper-crust, opera, diamonds, leather, moustache, pinstripe, magic, upholstered
Stripes Caps
Design Tags – patriot, university, woodgrain, scientist, map, numberplate, fancy, lines, sunburst, beetle, invitation, embossed
Design Tags – patriot, university, woodgrain, scientist, map, numberplate, fancy, lines, sunburst, beetle, invitation, embossed
Rickles
Design Tags – groovy, funky, psychedelic, tea-parlor, tarot-cards, kaftans, craziness, daisies, spring, girl-brigade, shrieking-groupies, smilies
Design Tags – groovy, funky, psychedelic, tea-parlor, tarot-cards, kaftans, craziness, daisies, spring, girl-brigade, shrieking-groupies, smilies
Return Of The Retrobats
Forty Second Street
Design Tags – headline, joe’s burgers, mafia, graffiti, pop, bubblegum, bangles, yellow, plastic
Design Tags – headline, joe’s burgers, mafia, graffiti, pop, bubblegum, bangles, yellow, plastic
Dymaxion Script
Design Tags – rockets, tees, techno-funk, concentric, science-project, robots, blue, vans, beach, style, bell-bottoms
Design Tags – rockets, tees, techno-funk, concentric, science-project, robots, blue, vans, beach, style, bell-bottoms
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