The redesign replaces the platform’s familiar cursive lettering with a hybrid style that combines more conventional typography with script-inspired curves. Elements of the letters, including the “s”, “r” and “g”, retain a distinctive stylised treatment.

The social media giant says it was time for a sharper and more modern look after a decade.

The new Instagram logo is a wordmark redesign with cursive curves. The app icon is unchanged, and Meta won't say whether a new one is coming.

Opinion: Some remarks about the new wordmark accidentally being perfectly awful.

Instagram has updated its wordmark, replacing the decade-old text-based logo. The new design features a sharper and more modern typeface with flowing, curved forms. This visual…