State of Design · October 2026

Pulse

What design looks like this month, by the numbers.

1,622 typefaces tracked · 49 sites measured · Swipe →

01 · Rising

107 typefaces are climbing.

  1. Libertinus Serif14×
  2. Anaheim+346%
  3. Radio Canada Big+325%
  4. Red Hat Mono+260%
  5. Asap Condensed+184%

Six-month growth in Google’s own serving numbers.

02 · Breakout watch

Get these before everyone else does.

  1. Bitcount Ink
  2. Miranda Sans
  3. Saira Stencil

Growth that is speeding up across four time windows. A forecast, not a promise.

03 · Use knowingly, or retire

Everywhere already, or on the way out.

Near peak

  1. Outfit#22
  2. Source Sans 3#35
  3. Lexend#74

Fading

  1. Saira−18%
  2. Bricolage Grotesque−23%
  3. Smooch Sans−21%

04 · Shape

Studios round corners 2 px. Apple, 21.

Google19 px
Apple21 px
Studios2 px
Product8 px

Median corner radius on each camp’s home pages, measured in a real browser.

05 · Color

Studios give accent 13% of the screen. Google gives it 2%.

Google
Apple
Studios
Product

06 · Buck the trend

Knowing the median is how you choose to break it.

Go square when everyone rounds. Set a classic when everyone chases new. Flood one section with the color everyone else rations. Retire a face before it peaks.

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