Oh I will never get enough of typography. I just read this nice article by Ilene Strizver from New York, "founder of The Type Studio, is a typographic consultant, designer, writer and educator specializing in all aspects of visual communication, from the aesthetic to the technical."
She writes:"Looking back at the past year’s most popular font offerings is a good way to view a typographic moment in time, a snapshot of typography trends. A look at the best sellers reported by foundries and font resellers reinforces, for the most part, what we can observe in printed and digital media all around us. Even though the sources we sampled vary in size from the largest reseller to an independent one-man shop, the most popular fonts of 2014 fall into common categories: organic scripts and handwriting fonts, rustic and distressed fonts, expansive geometric sans families, with a sprinkling of slabs and a dash of serif designs.Here is a sampling of some of the best selling fonts from 2014: not too many surprises or totally new ideas, just the fleshing out and fine-tuning of typographic themes that have been around for the last several years.
Myfonts.com
This mega font reseller has a friendly, inviting, easy-to-navigate web site. Their popular typefaces from 2014 seemed to come from two opposite directions: either clean and simple, or informal and festive. Clearly rustic, distressed fonts are still hot. They can be seen everywhere you turn, including ads, titles, posters, menus, and branding, in print and on the web. A number of them are best sellers for myfonts.com. Handwriting typestyles, both informal and stylized, are also still selling well.
Fonts.com
This monster reseller with over 150,000 fonts from hundreds of designers and foundries has a very drab, utilitarian list of their
best sellers, which appears to be hidden away on their site. They seem to want to pick and choose the fonts they want to market (which is done with more style and flair), and not just leave it up to the numbers, which is probably why this list is hard to find.
House Industries
House Industries typefaces have style and flava’. Whether it be scrawly designs, grungy graffiti, funky 50s and psychedelic 60s typestyles, or a more serious design such as the insanely popular Neutraface superfamily, everything they do is done with an enormous degree of skill, good taste, appropriate humor, and an understanding of how to turn every concept into a well executed, tasteful, and original typeface.
P22
P22 is known for their distinctive and unique art-and-history-inspired typefaces. Their designs can be seen in museums, art books, signage and foundations – any usage that requires historically accurate typefaces. They hold a very unique, and well-respected place in the type world. Two of their most well-known (and still popular) typefaces are Cezanne and Underground." See for the complete article and more visuals:
http://creativepro.com/article/typetalk-trending-fonts