37 Rad 1980’s Retro Fonts for Trendsetting Designs
Whether you remember the royal wedding or the popularity of arcade games, people who grew up in the 1980s would attest to this trendsetting decade. With so many things that happened – from the political arena to the world of music – it was definitely an unforgettable period. So much so that many 80s icons are still in pop culture today.
Still find yourself reminiscing about Pac-Man and aerobics gear? Then check out these awesome 1980s fonts.
Best 1980s Fonts
1. Sojourn
Layered, type-driven design inspired by 1980s advertising is on the rise. Sojourn will help your creative projects come alive and create eye-catching designs. Just like the famous 1980s advertisements by Apple, which pioneered the look with its launch campaign for the 1984 Macintosh.
2. Arcade Machine
You know what happens when you mix all the best parts of the 80s: the arcade games, synthwave, and neon signs? You get this glorious font with ligatures you can play with.
3. Cyber Soulja
Cyber Soulja is a pixelated sans-serif font that channels the golden days of the 80s and 90s in a totally chill way. The bold, blocky letters give off serious futuristic, sci-fi feels that are out of this world. Each letter is crafted with expert precision and attention to detail, fully capturing the retro vibes of classic arcade games. You will love using it in your titles, game design, posters, packaging, and logos.
Imagine every letter as a badass pixelated warrior, battling through a digital landscape full of unknown adventures and limitless excitement! Bring on the nostalgia and make amazing rad designs with Cyber Soulja.
4. Vesper
Don’t be afraid to take up space using this all-caps geometric sans in 2 weights from Unio Creative Solutions.
5. Visby Round
Featuring 8 weights and obliques, this soft and charismatic typeface by Connary Fagen is going to be ready whenever and wherever you need a touch of friendly, smooth goodness.
6. Outrunner Retro Script
Light yet sharp, this vintage script is modern and retro, sleek but bold. Crafted by TSV Creative, enjoy it on postcards, ads, logos, headlines, posters, and all things beautiful.
Download Outrunner Retro Script
7. Moonlight
Inspired by the groovy disco era of the 1970’s, Moonlight’s script lettering keeps the connections between letters smooth and flowing. This font is multilingual and has tons of gorgeous ligatures ready to spice up your designs.
Moonlight is suitable for branding, stickers, packaging, Cricut project, headlines, apparel, posters, magazines, books, YouTube, Instagram, web design, and much more
8. Upside Down
Introducing Upside Down, a bold and dramatic typeface that captures attention and sparks curiosity. With its sharp angles and curves, this versatile font will transport your designs to a world where anything is possible.
Take your posters, flyers, headlines, social media graphics, or logos to new heights with the daring and adventurous font. Upside Down comes in regular and outline, allowing you to mix them together to add a touch of mystery and excitement to your designs.
9. Articulat CF
10. Manifold CF
11. Neon Absolute
12. Video Game
13. Visby CF
14. Wraith Typeface
Be lightyears ahead of the competition when you use this gem from Tugcu Design Co.. Extra wide but with tight spacing, it’s best used for headlines, posters, logos, and homepages.
15. Sonnyfive Typeface
Looking for a strong typeface? Send chills down people’s spines in this sturdy brush font from thesonnyfive.
16. Sparkling Attack! Font
Make it quirky and sweet in this fun typeface created by Paperly Studio. Featuring OTF, TTF and Web fonts, you’ll be glad to use it on prints, labels, stationeries, posters, and more!
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17. Gemini Cluster
Explore new worlds of design with this futuristic font family from HARMNESSLESS that’s available in 6 weights and 3 styles.
18. Monro
Introducing Monro, a disruptive typeface with shapes inspired by the aesthetics of the 80s and 90s. Monro is an ideal typeface for large size display texts and wordmarks, its eye-catching quirky letters grab the readers attention and makes them notice the message being sent across. If you’re searching for a geometric typeface that offers versatility as well as a clean/sleek build, then Monro is for you!
19. Hacker
Reminiscent of the 80s computer revolution, this rounded display font by Inspirationfeed will work great on your futuristic, tech, or commerce themed projects.
20. Wanderlust
Wanderlust is a beautiful vintage soft vintage typeface. Wanderlust is a very versatile font, covering a wide range project types, from wedding invitations, to bold magazine imagery, to branding, poster design and so much more.
21. Nordique Pro Semibold
Inspired by Swedish and Norwegian heritage, this modern sans by Leksen Design is an instant classic thanks to its sleek lines and with 50+ ornaments, swashes, alternates and borders to play with.
Download Nordique Pro Semibold
22. Bitcraft
Remember the good ol’ days of gaming? Bring back the memories in this lovable 8-bit display typeface from Inspirationfeed.
23. Instant Sinner
Vintage sci-fi and horror never looked this good – thanks to remedy667 and this chilling font. Hand-drawn for your satisfaction, but shocking for your future projects!
24. Thunderstorm
Whether you’re into disco, grunge, or pop, Aiyari brings them all together in this hand-made brush typeface that includes extras to make that project that much cooler.
25. Endless Sunrise
A true 80s inspired font, Endless Sunrise is the perfect choice for anyone looking to give their design a retro feel that others will love! Included are a complete set of alternatives and underlines, and with a full suite of uppercase and lowercase letters, punctuation, numerals, and multilingual support to back it up, you’d be crazy not to take this vintage font for a ride!
Download Endless Sunrise right here!
26. Orlando
This decorative all-caps font duo from Jen Wagner Co is anything but ordinary. So make it your choice – make it pop or make it rad – they will both look astonishing either way!
27. California Palms
Imagine carefree days, golden horizons, and palm trees swaying in the breeze – recreate that same atmosphere using California Palms fonts and graphics by Nicky Laatz.
28. Bayshore
Sam Parrett proudly presents this mono-line script font that includes neon glow Photoshop layer styles for the perfect 80s throwback.
29. Barkleigh Font
Evoke the era of cassette tapes and VHS in this timeless offering from Badspark. With 4 styles (Bold, Light, Inline, Grunge) to choose from, you won’t miss a beat with this versatile number.
30. MEMPHIS Type Collection
Go bold or go home in this colored font from Anugraha Design. It helps you create bold, graphic text that will rock any design. Included in this set are catchwords, pre-made quotes, and 10 coordinating patterns.
Download MEMPHIS Type Collection
31. Ariana Pro
Mostardesign Type Foundry brings to you this geometric sans that comes with 18 fonts you can mix and match or use each on their own. Go from editorial to branding in minutes in this highly adaptable font family.
32. Blante Panama
When you need something classy yet street in a hurry, you can count on this sassy font duo from Konstantine Studio. Featuring a no-nonsense sans and a matching signature script, it’s everything you need to make a statement.
33. Cassette Tape
This funky font by Kitaleigh is all about those days creating the perfect mix tape and listening to groovy, laid-back tunes.
34. Visualize Display Font
Visualize – Display Font refers to cultural products such as music, art, literature, fashion, dance, and movies in the 1980s, which were consumed by most people in society. Very suitable for logos, titles and headings. Vintage is totally back in fashion, so this design is sure to be really popular! The colors in the template really stand out, and who doesn’t love a cartoon-like design?
Here are the key features that are included with this cool and funky font package:
- Visualize (OTF/TTF/WOFF/WOFF2)
- Standard glyphs uppercase and lowercase letters
- Numerals, a large range of punctuation and ligatures.
- Multilingual support for a variety of languages
- Works on PC & Mac. Simple installations, accessible in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, even work on Microsoft Word.
- PUA Encoded Characters – Fully accessible without additional design software.
- Fonts include multilingual support for; ä ö ü Ä Ö Ü ß ¿¡
Download Visualize right here!
35. Horrorscope Handmade Font
Want your design to look like it has come fresh from a 1990s horror movie? Then look no further than this awesome design!
This grungy hand-drawn typeface is inspired retro by horror novels and their garish cover designs that would delight and terrify readers in equal measure.
It’s an all-caps font with unique uppercase and lowercase characters, along with a complete set of alternatives so you can avoid repeating those o’s, e’s and t’s. It also includes punctuation, numerals and language support, plus a separate selection of underlines, comic book style boxes and ink splashes. This makes the customization options endless!
It is PERFECT for horror or spooky book covers, and will be sure to attract attention to whatever your promotion is.
Download Horrorscope right here!
36. Copper
Drizy brings to you this ultra sharp gem that’s sure to slash through the competition and make headlines.
37. Funkies
This font duo from Blankids Studio features a bold script and a funky serif that’s always ready to rock the dance floor.