“2 Great Tastes That Taste Great Together” ~ Reece’s

 

A good web font combination can be a subtle little trick for getting a website to pop.  A good pairing of fonts can provide contrast for a website without having to using additional colors or designs.

Meaning you can create a unique look and still stay clean in your design, and provide a great UX (user experience).

 

4 Rules for Pairing Fonts in Web Design

by Elementor

 

Rule #1: Use No More Than Three Fonts on Your Site

Rule #2: Concord and Contrast Are Good; Conflict Is Bad

Rule #3: Don’t Be Afraid of Pairing Within Font Superfamilies

Rule #4: Make Sure Your Fonts Are Properly Sized and Shaped for Their Role

 

Web Font Combination Ideas

 

  • Fira Sans & Merriweather
  • Yeseva One & Josefin Sans
  • Quicksand (Medium & Light)
  • Oxygen & Source Sans Pro
  • League Spartan & Libre Baskerville
  • Chivo & Overpass
  • Georgia and Verdana
  • Playball & PT Sans
  • Helvetica Bold and Garamond
  • Bodoni and Futura
  • Asap & Asap
  • Franklin Gothic and Baskerville
  • Josefin Slab & Maven Pro
  • Open Sans Condensed & Lora
  • Caslon Bold and Universe Light
  • Frutiger Bold and Minion
  • Abril Fatface & Roboto
  • Minion Bold and Myriad
  • Julius Sans One & Archivo Narrow
  • Gill Sans Bold and Garamond
  • Oswald & Noto Serif
  • Clarendon and Trade Gothic
  • Open Sans Extra Bold & Cooper Hewitt
  • Avenir and Minion
  • Dancing Script & EB Garamond

You may notice that a popular formula is to use a Serif font with a sans serif font or 2 or 3 fonts from the same family in different weights and sizes.

 

 

 

Google Web Fonts

 

It wasn’t long ago that web designers were limited in what fonts could be used natively on a website. You could use any font you wanted as long as it was in an image.  The only problem was when designing sites that were content rich, you would still need to use web fonts and they wouldn’t match your images.

Fortunately there are now 1,542 Open Source (FREE) fonts that you can use to design with on Google Fonts.

 

Web Font Combinations Infographics

 

16 Google Font Combinations

10 Great Web font combinations by Stepto & Son Design

10 Great Web Font Combinations from Stepto & Son Design