Cherry-picked modern fonts for all your marketing needs
After we published our first article on fonts, The Finest 50 Hand Lettering Fonts, many of our readers reached out to us to show their gratitude for putting together a list of recommended fonts. So we decided to do a follow-up and give you a list of the best modern fonts out there.
We hope this selection will help you to find a voice for your brand and contribute to all your marketing endeavors.
So, here it is, enjoy our curated list of 60 modern fonts examples that you can use for all your promotional materials, be that for offline or online media.
You’ll find them grouped in 4 main categories:
Futuristic fonts
1. Space Age
Personality: Space age transports us to the fabulous world of the Science Fiction movies. The font is futuristic and half-abstract. It definitely makes a statement wherever it may happen to be placed. This is one of the best modern fonts on the internet, and it’s free!
Suited for: logos, headlines, posters, flyers, brochures, banners.
Free Download at DaFont
2. Astrobia Typeface
Personality: Astrobia is another creative futuristic font, inspired by the man’s quest for space. This type penetrates through the layers of time and appeals to our imagination. With thin, elongated strokes and a playful double, Astrobia can help your visuals make a great impression.
Suited for: logos, headlines, posters, brochures, flyers, banners.
Free Download at FontSpace
3. Blu Purpl
Personality: Blu Purpl is a surprisingly creative typeface that comes in 4 fonts: a regular one, a space pattern type, an outline, and a double line font.
Combining these 4 fonts, you can create some amazing logos, headlines, and packaging designs.
Suited for: logos, headlines, branding and packaging, music concerts & albums posters and display ads.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
4. Borg
Personality: Borg is futuristic, geometric and bold. David Sum, the designer, confesses that he drew his inspiration from the Swedish furniture design for this font.
Suited for: logos, headlines, branding and packaging.
Free Download at: Behance
5. Suissnord
Personality: Minimalistic and square-shaped, the Suissnord typeface embodies the character of the future. It is simple, neat and to the point. While Suissnord uses uppercase mostly, you’ll find some lowercase letters too.
Suited for: logos, headlines, branding and packaging, technology and devices brands, men’s fashion brands.
Free Download at 1001fonts
6. Centauri
Personality: Centauri uses wide minimalistic letters to create a space effect. Looking at this font, one might get the impression that a spectacular Science Fiction movie is about to begin.
If you’re looking for modern fonts for a logo, this type could help you shape a cool brand.
Suited for: logos, headlines, branding and packaging, posters, display ads.
Free Download at Envato
7. Line Tech
Personality: Line Tech is a linear futuristic type suited for web. The tall uppercases contrast well with the small, square-shaped lowercases, giving it a balanced feel.
Suited for: logos, technology, science, web, computer areas.
Free Download at Envato
8. Gizmo
Personality: Gizmo is an angular futuristic font suited for the web environment. While minimalistic, Gizmo has a strong personality, because each letter is drawn in a unique way.
Suited for: logos, branding and packaging, websites, display ads, technology brands and devices.
Free Download at 1001fonts
9. Farewell Pro
Personality: Farewell Pro is (obviously) all about space and the conquest of space. Inspired by the space satellites, this futuristic font creates an SF atmosphere. The designer used satellite antennae elements to create each letter and spaced them wide enough to make a background matter.
Suited for: logos, packaging, web, display ads.
Free Download at Behance
10. Organo
Personality: Organo is perfectly suited for logo design. With curved uppercases, this font can help a brand stand out and make a positive impression.
Suited for: logo design, branding, web, display ads.
Free Download at Fontspace
Geometric fonts
11. Privus
Personality: Each of Privus’ letters is a stylized labyrinth. This graphic effect is appealing to the eye and stands out from the crowd. It is an excellent geometric font for logo design, especially for brands that deal with advanced technology.
Suited for: logo design, tech brands.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
12. Metria
Personality: Metria uses a combination of geometric sharp angles and Art Deco double lines to make the words come to life.
Suited for: logo design, fashion, jewelry, and luxury brands.
Free Download at Behance
13. Kaira
Personality: Kaira is a beautiful modern decorative typeface. It comes in two weights (bold and regular), so you can play around and create outstanding designs.
Suited for: logo design, branding, fashion, and luxury brands.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
14. Heimdal
Personality: Heimdal is a minimalist futuristic font family that comes in 8 weights. The geometric effects make Heimdal a unique font that will get noticed on any placement.
Suited for: logo design, branding, fashion brands.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
15. Akur
Personality: Akur is a minimalist font that brings creativity to a new level. Though Akur plays with the uppercases, through its elongated lines, the font ensures perfect legibility.
Suited for: logo design, branding.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
16. Gravity
Personality: Gravity is a decorative geometric typeface, inspired by the galaxy. Each letter has been skillfully crafted to stand out with cosmic details like planets and arrows (their direction of motion).
Suited for: logo design, branding.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
17. Aztec
Personality: Aztec was inspired by the Aztec civilization’s graphics. It combines Aztec elements and geometric effects to make words pop and matter.
Suited for: logo design.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
18. Maze
Personality: Maze is an uppercase typeface only, suited for logo design. Maze’s personality and uniqueness come from the interrupted outline.
Suited for: logo design.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
19. Navia Experiment
Personality: Inspired by the Japanese paper art of Origami and by the ultra-modern army airplanes, Navia Experiment is a highly geometrical font.
Suited for: logo design, branding.
Buy at: Behance
20. Divert
Personality: Divert is a geometrical modern font great for logo design. Each character is built by a single line, going back and forth. This font is original enough to capture anyone’s attention.
Suited for: logo design, branding.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
21. Taurus
Personality: Taurus Mono is an outline, geometrical, urban and modern typeface. It is great for logo design as well as for online display ads.
Suited for: logo design, display ads, computer brands and magazines, websites.
Free Download at: DaFont
22. Freeline
Personality: Freeline is a stylish, geometrical font that can successfully be used for both high-tech and fashion brands.
Suited for: logo design, branding.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
23. Sense
Personality: This modern logo font plays with the lines to create a pleasant optical effect. It’s about the senses, after all.
Suited for: logo design, branding.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
24. Decad
Personality: The interrupted lines of this font give it a slight geometrical feeling. Though it’s not as complicated as other geometrical fonts, Decad can still stand out and create a memorable effect.
Suited for: logo design, branding.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
25. Bastion
Personality: Modern fonts design has reached unprecedented levels of creativity. Bastion’s promise is to help your brand stand out and get recognized. With such a multitude of lines and geometrical shapes, Bastion is the perfect choice for avant-garde brands.
Suited for: logo, branding.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
Minimalist fonts
26. Yellow Peas
Personality: Yellow Peas is a simple and clean minimalist typeface. While most of its letters are slim and simple, others are slightly geometrical, which gives the font a modern touch.
Modern doesn’t mean class-less. Yellow Peas is proof that minimalist fonts can be modern and elegant at the same time.
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Suited for: logo design, branding, packaging, posters, brochures, flyers, display ads.
Free Download at FontSpace
27. Munich
Personality: With elongated, slim uppercases, Munich is an excellent font for logo design and headlines. It is modern, urban and highly legible. You may find some of its letters (like the N and H) reminiscent of the beautiful Art Deco font style.
Suited for: logo design, branding, packaging, posters, display ads.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
28. Orion
Personality: Orion is another minimalist geometric font that conveys elegance and style. This modern typeface is ideal for logo design and branding.
Suited for: logo design, branding, packaging, posters, display ads.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
29. Basicaline
Personality: Basicaline is a clean, sans-serifs minimalist typeface with a touch of elegance. It can successfully promote any fashion or beauty brand.
Suited for: logo design, packaging, branding, posters, magazines, web, display ads.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
30. Coco Gothic
Personality: Inspired by the famous Coco Chanel, Coco Gothic is a contemporary family of fonts that comes in 6 weights, from ultralight to fat.
Just by playing with the different weights, uppercases, and lowercases, you can achieve beautiful and unique designs.
Suited for: logo design, headlines, packaging, branding, posters, display ads, fashion brands, architecture and furniture magazines and brands, design, interior design publications.
Buy/Download at: Behance
31. Madeleine
Personality: The Madeleine font is the minimalist typeface version of a petite sweet girl. With small and slim letters, this modern typeface is quite an apparition.
Suited for: logo design, branding, packaging.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
32. Musetta
Personality: Musetta is a modern and elegant font with an Art Deco feel. It is a great choice for luxury brands who want a touch of elegance from the past.
Suited for: logo design, branding, luxury and fashion brands.
Buy at: Behance
33. Moodyrock
Personality: Moodyrock is a slimline typeface with a lot of character. With elongated uppercases and curvy lowercases, Moodyrock can add so much meaning to a message.
Suited for: logo design, headlines, packaging, posters, brochures, flyers, display ads.
Free Download at: 1001Fonts
34. Expansiva
Personality: With its square-shaped slim letters, Expansiva is a great font for logo design, especially for brands that focus on technological development.
Suited for: logo design, branding, fashion brands, technology and devices brands.
Free Download at: 1001fonts
35. Major Mono
Personality: Major Mono Display is a monospaced geometric sans serif all-uppercase typeface. It comes in two versions, a serious sans serifs and a playful display design, which can be alternated to create a truly amazing design.
Suited for: logo design, packaging, branding.
Free Download at: Google Fonts
36. Exco
Personality: Slim and elongated, Exco is a great minimalist typeface for logo design and branding. The pack comes with 4 different styles: regular, italic, shadow and outline.
Suited for: logo design, branding, headlines, posters, fashion, beauty, and jewelry brands.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
37. Quicksand
Personality: Modern and not overly minimalist, Quicksand is a great font for many projects, from logo design to display ads and brochures. It is highly legible, charismatic and neat.
Suited for: logo design, branding, packaging, brochures, flyers, posters, magazines, display ads, websites.
Free Download at: FontSquirel
38. Sacramento
Personality: Sacramento is a slim elongated type with a particular emphasis on the upper section of each character. It is a contemporary minimalist font and it conveys class.
Suited for: logo design, branding, packaging, fashion, and jewelry brands.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
39. Colet
Personality: This simple, sans-serif, feminine font is a great match for women’s clothing, beauty and jewelry brands. Though minimalist, it’s got a lot of style.
Suited for: logo design, branding, packaging, posters, brochures, flyers, display ads.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
40. Blue Monday
Personality: Blue Monday is a modern minimalist type with a slight Art Deco feel. The characters are wide and feature a playful graphic effect, be that a tiny knot or a short diagonal line.
Suited for: logo design, branding, packaging, posters, headlines, quotes, display ads, women’s and fashion brands.
Free Download at: FontSpace
41. Cool Sans
Personality: The Cools Sans pack comes with 12 fonts which allows you to play and create numerous combinations. You can use this thin minimalist type and combine it with the bold version, just like in the image above, and get a surprising mix.
Suited for: logo design, branding, packaging, display ads, fashion brands.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
42. Megrim
Personality: Megrim is minimalist yet sophisticated. Some uppercase letters have an extra line which adds a touch of abstract design.
Suited for: logo design, branding, packaging, posters, brochures, flyers, headlines, display ads.
Free Download at: GoogleFonts
43. All Modern Hand
Personality: Though handwritten, the All Modern Hand font is a great present-day minimalist type. The imperfect lettering has a special charm and warmth.
Suited for: logo design, branding, packaging, quotes, headlines, women’s brands.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
44. Kiona
Personality: Kiona is simple but elegant. With crisp edges and modern touches, Kiona is the perfect choice for fashion brands.
Suited for: logo design, branding, headlines.
Buy at: CreativeMarket
45. Above
Personality: Above is a modern font with a slight retro touch. It is tall and wide and it can have a big impact as a logo or headline.
Suited for: logo design, branding, headlines, quotes.
Free Download at FontSpace
46. Time Burner
Personality: Time Burner comes in two weights (light and bold), and it can make a great combo. The minimalist rounded lowercase letters give it a unique character.
Suited for: logo design, branding, packaging, posters, brochures, flyers, display ads.
Free Download at FontSpace
47. Moon
Personality: Moon is a minimalist rounded typeface that comes in 3 weights (light, regular and italic). It is neat, modern and stylish.
Suited for: logo design, branding, packaging.
Free Download at Behance
Abstract fonts
48. Tribe
Personality: This abstract font was created for pattern designs, branding, posters, t-shirts and so on. It is an outstanding type; however, the designer doesn’t offer an .otf file, so you can just use it in your visuals or as a pattern texture.
Suited for: pattern design, posters, flyers, brochures, display ads, t-shirts, branding.
Free Download at CreativeMarket
49. Advio
Personality: Advio is unlike anything you’ve ever seen. It plays with the shadow effect to create surprising curves and contrasts, offering a spectacular experience to the eye.
Suited for: logo design, branding, online display ads.
Free Download at Envato
50. Modeccio
Personality: Modeccio is a surprising mix of abstract art, geometry and Art Deco. The designer played with the shapes and negative space to create this modern font.
Suited for: logo design, branding, online display ads.
Free Download at FontSpace
51. The Machine
Personality: Techno, abstract, geometry. The Machine uses elements from all of these domains for a surprising eye-catching effect. This font is great for branding, especially for techno brands.
Suited for: logo design, branding.
Free Download at FontSpace
52. Regaliz
Personality: Regaliz is groovy, abstract and sophisticated. It can make a great logo for an urban brand, such as a club, music or fashion store.
Suited for: logo design, branding.
Free Download at AbstractFonts
53. Color Tube
Personality: Color Tube exudes with joy and positivity. This is one of the few fonts that come in color. Color Tube’s charisma comes from the mix of colors and, particularly, the overlay effects.
Suited for: logo design, branding, posters, brochures, flyers, display ads.
Free Download at: FontFabric
Urban fonts
54. Electro Shackle
Personality: Electro Shackle combines the minimalist urban style with a semi-geometrical touch. It is great for music promotional materials and high-tech brands. It is perfectly legible and it can contribute to your brand awareness in a big way.
Suited for: logo design, branding, posters, brochures, flyers, display ads.
Free Download at: DaFont
55. Sonic Empire
Personality: Sonic Empire is an urban typeface suited for music promotion, clubs, record label agencies and anything that has to do with modern music.
Suited for: logo design, branding, packaging, posters, flyers, brochures, display ads.
Free Download at: DaFont
56. Trench
Personality: Modern and urban, Trench is a techno font with a human twist. It is highly legible, and it can guarantee your brand makes a positive impression.
Suited for: logo design, branding, packaging, posters, flyers, brochures, display ads.
Free Download at FontSpace
57. Neon
Personality: Neon is an urban outline font that can be used either in white on black or in color on a contrasting background.
Suited for: logo design, branding, posters, flyers, brochures, t-shirts, signboards, online display ads.
Free Download at Behance
58. Techno Overload
Personality: Here’s another techno urban font that captivates the eye and feeds the imagination. Techno Overload is a great match for high-tech brands.
Suited for: logo design, branding, posters, flyers, brochures, online display ads.
Free Download at UrbanFonts
59. The Rave
Personality: Simple, yet sophisticated, the Rave is an urban font that can make a great logo or headline.
Suited for: logo design, branding, posters, flyers, online display ads.
Free Download at: UrbanFonts
60. Velocity
Personality: Velocity may refer to the fast-paced city life. It is definitely an urban font and it can successfully promote anything from clothing brands to supermarkets.
Suited for: logo design, branding, posters, flyers, brochures, display ads.
Free Download at UrbanFonts
If you’re using Creatopy, or plan to, you can upload and store your fonts in your Library. Thus, they will always be available for you when you’re working on your designs.
Your brand deserves a modern look!
Whether you want to go for an abstract, minimalist or futuristic font, one thing is certain: your brand deserves a 21st-century look.
I hope you’ve found a voice for your brand in this list of modern and classic fonts and that this will contribute a great deal to connecting with your audience.
