With the success of shows like Stranger Things, the 80s vibe has made its way back into all elements of design: from title cards on TV shows to album covers, high fashion and retro posters, now is the perfect time for you to add some retro vibes to you future designs.

In this article, we have collated a list of the best 80s style resources to help you bring back that 80s vibe to any design project.

With the success of shows like Stranger Things, the 80s vibe has made its way back into all elements of design: from title cards on TV shows to album covers, high fashion and retro posters, now is the perfect time for you to add some retro vibes to you future designs.

In this article, we have collated a list of the best 80s style resources to help you bring back that 80s vibe to any design project.

1. Bayshore

This hand-drawn 80s font is perfect for creating slick & stylish lettering. Whether it’s for logos, product packaging or merchandise, Bayshore is guaranteed to give your text an unmistakeable retro quality.

Bayshore comes as a single font file with plenty of added features which allow you to customise your text. It includes a large glyph set, full upper & lowercase a-z character set and a comprehensive range of punctuation and multilingual support.

2. Hot Rush Font Duo

80s nostalgia is about hit you harder than a DeLorean at 88 miles per hour with the Hot Rush Font Duo.

This Sans & Script font duo were simply meant to be together; the unmistakable clean & condensed sans is complimented perfectly by the long, fast, textured strokes of the script. It’s the ideal font pairing for retro-inspired high impact display text, merchandise design, logos, packaging & more.

3. Thunderstorm + Extras

Introducing Thunderstorm, the hand-made brush 80's style typeface for all your retro needs.

This amazing font was inspired by 80s-90s music, retro, disco, grunge, and pop culture. You can use this for posters, logos, clothing, books, invitations and so much more!

4. Saturday Night Font Family

Introducing a new retro font family called Saturday Night that embraces the 70 and 80s disco music.

Saturday Night comes with 7 fonts with special features such as stylistic alternates, swashes, and ligatures that are perfect for concert posters and CyberPunk designs!

5. Hustle Times + Extras

Hustle Times Font is a handwritten typeface inspired by the 70s-80s era.

This fun 80s font comes as a single font with many additional features, it’s very suitable for making neat & stylish writing for logos, brands, packaging or merchandise.

6. Redmark – Elegant Serif Font

Introducing Redmark – Elegant all caps serif 80s style font

Redmark is vintage yet clean and loaded with alternate and ligature glyphs to make you typography truly unique. Try this font out in a poster design, concept art or even a newsletter template!

7. Hanahelia Typeface

A modern script suitable for displaying layout designs in the 80s style. By adding neon and shiny effects, this font is perfect for designing logotypes, posters, flyers, advertisements, and more.

Even though it is in a classic style, this 80s style font will be very beautiful if you want a clean and elegant modern design.

8. Champione – Retro Font with Extrude

Introducing Champione a retro font which will bring you back to the 80s.

This 80s font is perfect for editorial projects, logo design, clothing, branding, product packaging, magazine headers, or simply as a stylish text overlay to any background image.

9. The Moonlight Typeface

Introducing a new handwritten 80s font called The Moonlight. Inspired by ball pen handwriting and combined with a retro 80s and 90s nuance.

The typeface comes with open type features such as stylistic alternates, stylistic sets & ligatures and also support with the PUA encoded to help you make stunning designs. Take this retro font for a spin and be amazed by the results.

10. Coubra Font

Introducing Coubra Font - an awesome display font that is perfect for your retro 80s and synthwave inspired works.

This regular commercial version includes the full 87 characters set and also an EPS file with the Chrome Effect shown in the preview.

11. Bayside Font

This condensed sans-serif was inspired by the summer retro atmospheres of the 80s and 90s. It can be used in elegant contexts reminiscent of Miami Deco Art of the 80s but, at the same time, it looks amazing with the neon color gradients of the 90s.

It can be used for modern artworks to optimize space and it's perfect for heavy titles.

12. Blaster Font

Blaster is a 80s and 90s inspired font which will instantly add some Retrowave-styled vibe to all your design projects.

Blaster is a multi-functional font, it will add a touch of dynamism to your layouts and make your logos unique. You can use it on anything from a poster reminiscent of the golden era of Horror movies, to a nostalgic Baywatch-inspired logo.

13. 1980s Retro Fashion Patterns

Check out these awesome 80s patterns and prints for use on your own fabrics, and products and give your design work an 80s vibe.

Taking inspiration from the classic movies, music, advertising and culture of the era, these patterns have been developed with authenticity in mind from the very start!

14. Inky Retro Procreate Pattern Brush Set

This super easy to use 80s doodle pattern Procreate brush set will instantly breathe life and fun into any artwork you are working on. Try it out in mono color for that super pop look or layer them to build a more complex look.

These 80s design patterns work marvellously when you want to give landscapes designs or logos some texture and uniqueness as well!

15. 1980s Retro Fashion Patterns Vol 2

An awesome collection of 1980s inspired patterns perfect for use on fabrics, backgrounds and posters.

Offering 20 brand new seamless 80s patterns for Photoshop and Illustrator, you can once again return to this great decade in head-turning style. This new collection also boasts 20 additional bonus patterns that are great to use on their own, combined with other patterns, or as part of totally new designs.

16. Retro 80s Cover Art Textures

Replicate the appearance of old, damaged VHS boxes, album covers, game boxes, and book covers to create your own retro-style artwork with this collection of 80s cover art textures.

Place these textures over your artwork to make the design look like it has been stored in your basement since the 80s, adding the kinds of creases and damage that are inflicted to old video cassette and computer game boxes from decades of wear and tear.

17. Aesthetic Patterns

Introducing Aesthetic Patterns - a playful and colorful seamless pattern collection inspired by the fabulous & rad 80s which will give your imagination so many ideas.

All of these 80s design patterns were hand-drawn, so they are perfect for creating blog banners, various backgrounds, wrapping papers, fabric print as well as desktop and phone wallpapers!

24. 1980s Retro Logos Design Kit

Create your own awesome logo designs inspired by the colourful styles of the 1980s with this retro logos design kit!

Inside this pack you’ll find 10 editable logos with a simple, easy to use layer structure and useful illustrated elements and seamless patterns that you’ll use again and again.

18. 80s Doodles Vector Textures & Patterns

Doodled mini textures and patterns that will take you right back to the beloved 80s!

All of these patterns are vintage inspired, but with a modern twist. This ensures your product stands out with a retro but trendy and contemporary vibe. Try these 80s retro patterns on a variety of designs such as: posters, nostalgic packaging or retro inspired stationery designs.

19. Aesthetic Patterns II

Introducing the Aesthetic Patterns II - a fresh and playful seamless patterns pack inspired by the fabulous 80s. All the patterns were hand-drawn and provided with transparent backgrounds including patterns.

You can bring these 80s design patterns to life by using them in various projects: postcard design, branding identity, blog banners, various backgrounds, wrapping papers, fabric print as well as desktop and phone wallpapers and much more.

20. 302 Illustrations Elements Patterns

Memphis style with its bright colors, shapes, and home furniture solutions inspired this amazing 80s geometric patterns collection.

Each illustration was originally drawn by hand and then edited in design programs. This NeoMemphis Mega Set includes more than 300 vectors: 212 design elements + 60 illustrations/backgrounds + 30 universal seamless patterns. This bold design is perfect for memorable brand and identity, stickers, wallpapers, graphic design, cards, posters, prints, apparel, packaging, t-shirts design, and more!

21. 42 Seamless Patterns In 80s Style

Memphis and pop-art also inspired these 42 abstract seamless patterns in 80s-90s styles.

This colorful geometric backgrounds set is perfect for creating greeting cards, stickers, banners, posters, web, social media, email, print, packaging, shop decoration, wrapping paper, clothes for kids, etc.

22. 3D 80s Text Effects Vol.2

Introducing volume 2 of the 80s Text Effect series for Photoshop. This product is very easy to use, just replace the text in seconds via smart object layers. Works with text, vector shapes or any kind of shape really.

Try these effects on a poster design or some unique corporate designs to bring a fantastic retro vibe.

23. Retro Landscape Kit

Create your own retro 80s inspired landscape scenes with this kit!

The kit includes a lot of different elements, objects, textures and backgrounds, as well as 8 premade .PSD scenes. This set works great for creating 80s inspired compositions, CD or book covers, wallpapers, and more.

25. 1980s Synthwave Toolkit

Synthwave Toolkit contains over 80 retro and neon elements that will help you create nostalgic 80s style graphics.

This collection has everything from bright neon signs, cyber cityscapes, cars, retro sunrise, mountains, grids and much more. 1980s Synthwave Toolkit is very easy to work with and you will have your own flyers, posters, covers or any other creative layout in no time!

26. 126 Posters & Elements Memphis Set

This big trendy mega pack is our unique bright collection of 34 vector posters and backgrounds and 92 original vector elements for your design. The pack is designed to help you create fresh concepts really fast!

This colorful collection includes simple geometric shapes in an 80s and 90s Memphis style and is perfectly suited for greeting cards, stickers, banners, posters and much more!

27. Back to the 80s Retro Text Effects

Introducing Back to the 80s Retro Text Effects — A pack that embraces Stranger Things, Kung Fury, Drive and all things 80s!

Think of your fav video games, neon leggings, disco tunes and design trends that are living their resurrection now. Pick any of these 10 baffling text effects for your posters, headers, prints, websites & apps, packaging and let genuine retro in seconds.

28. Retrowave – 80s, 90s Synthwave Style

This collection was inspired by 80s and 90s Synthwave and Vaporwave styles. It includes gradients, backgrounds and a set of premade posters- all you need to create your own retro style designs!

All of these retro resources are perfect for your poster print, music album cover, logo, card, gift, party invitation, social media blog, web design, and much more!

29. 80s Gradients Vol.02

80s Gradients Vol.02 is inspired by the aesthetic of the great 80s decade.

This pack of 10 gradients can be used in Photoshop, Illustrator and Affinity Photo and are perfect for adding the finishing touches to 80s themed event posters, Cyperpunk designs and much more!

30. 1980’s Retro Design Templates

Create awesome retro posters inspired by the colourful 1980s style.

Packed with illustrations, patterns and ready-made designs, this new graphics pack will have you up and running in minutes with your own epic creations. Everything is supplied in fully editable vector format files allowing you to customise any colour, line, shape or layout however you like.

31. 80’s Retro Text Graphic Styles for Illustrator

Introducing 80’s Retro Text Graphic styles for Illustrator- a pack of 117 crazy 80s styles for your next typography project.

The pack is easy to use and works on live text, no need to expand text first or run an action – just apply the graphic style to your type and it will remain completely editable!

32. 318 Posters and Elements Set – 80s Style

Introducing a Memphis-inspired trendy colorful collection in 80-90s styles perfectly suited for greeting patches, seamless patterns, cards, stickers, banners, posters, web, social media, email, print, and much more.

These resources are super versatile - you can easily ungroup blocks in posters and compose your own design compositions.

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