WOBURN , MASS—   Monotype has released its Type Trends report, examining the movements shaping the creative community, informing branding, and driving design today and into the future. The 11 concurrent trends identified by Monotype explore how today’s dramatically digitized lifestyle collides with an equally strong yearning for something tangible. Further, the report demonstrates how brands are utilizing cutting-edge font technology to meet the potential of today’s modern devices, while simultaneously repurposing familiar designs of years past in striking, unexpected ways. The study delves into several movements forming today’s typographic renaissance, driven largely by brands beginning anew in their search for an authentic visual voice to match evolving consumer sentiment. Among the leading themes are:type at variable speed,Virtual is reality, type cultivating contrast, nostalgia is back, rise of blockheads and big ideas, Type goes punk with measured austerity. The full 2021 Type Trends report, visit: https://www.monotype.com/type-trends.