// type_foundry

Fonts

Free Google Font pairings with personality.

Serif + sans

Slow mornings, strong coffee

High-contrast serif headlines with a calm, very readable sans for body text. A safe way to look elegant. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog — 0123456789.

Playfair Display + Source Sans 3

Serif + sans

Small studio, big ideas

Built as a family, so they share proportions and feel made for each other. Warm and modern. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog — 0123456789.

DM Serif Display + DM Sans

Sans only

Ship it on Friday

A quirky geometric sans for headings over a neutral workhorse. Techy without being cold. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog — 0123456789.

Space Grotesk + Work Sans

Sans only

Numbers that matter

One heavy, wide grotesk for punch and a compact sans for interfaces. Great for dashboards and launches. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog — 0123456789.

Archivo + Inter Tight

Editorial serif

Notes from the coast

Two serifs: a delicate display face and a sturdy text face. Reads like a literary magazine. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog — 0123456789.

Cormorant Garamond + Lora

Editorial serif

The quiet art of looking

A tall, condensed headline serif with a classic book face for long reading. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog — 0123456789.

Instrument Serif + Libre Baskerville

Display + sans

Make it strange

An experimental, wide display face over a clean rounded sans. Feels like a creative agency. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog — 0123456789.

Syne + Manrope

Retro + sans

Level 2 unlocked

A pixel font used sparingly for labels and titles, with a readable sans doing the real work. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog — 0123456789.

Press Start 2P + Space Grotesk

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More font pairings

Editorial Drama.ttf

The quick vapor fox

Body text set in Source Serif 4. Good type gives a page its voice before anyone reads a word.

Playfair Display + Source Serif 4

Magazine, literary, luxurious · great for Editorial, luxury

Swiss Precision.ttf

The quick vapor fox

Body text set in Archivo. Good type gives a page its voice before anyone reads a word.

Archivo Black + Archivo

Objective, gridded, confident · great for Swiss, corporate

Brutal Mono.ttf

The quick vapor fox

Body text set in IBM Plex Mono. Good type gives a page its voice before anyone reads a word.

Space Mono + IBM Plex Mono

Raw, technical, honest · great for Brutalism, terminal

Soft Friendly.ttf

The quick vapor fox

Body text set in Nunito. Good type gives a page its voice before anyone reads a word.

Fredoka + Nunito

Rounded, warm, approachable · great for Playful, claymorphism

Quiet Luxury.ttf

The quick vapor fox

Body text set in Karla. Good type gives a page its voice before anyone reads a word.

Cormorant Garamond + Karla

Restrained, elegant, airy · great for Luxury, Japanese

Retro Arcade.ttf

The quick vapor fox

Body text set in VT323. Good type gives a page its voice before anyone reads a word.

Press Start 2P + VT323

8-bit, nostalgic, game-y · great for Pixel, retro OS

Neon Night.ttf

The quick vapor fox

Body text set in Rubik. Good type gives a page its voice before anyone reads a word.

Monoton + Rubik

Synthwave, nightlife, signage · great for Vaporwave, synthwave

Modern Grotesk.ttf

The quick vapor fox

Body text set in Plus Jakarta Sans. Good type gives a page its voice before anyone reads a word.

Syne + Plus Jakarta Sans

Fresh, artsy, contemporary · great for Typographic, agency

Condensed Poster.ttf

The quick vapor fox

Body text set in Barlow. Good type gives a page its voice before anyone reads a word.

Bebas Neue + Barlow

Loud, sporty, poster · great for Maximalism, grunge

Art Deco Glam.ttf

The quick vapor fox

Body text set in Josefin Sans. Good type gives a page its voice before anyone reads a word.

Poiret One + Josefin Sans

1920s, geometric, gilded · great for Art deco

Hand Made.ttf

The quick vapor fox

Body text set in Kalam. Good type gives a page its voice before anyone reads a word.

Caveat + Kalam

Sketchy, personal, informal · great for Hand-drawn

Newsprint.ttf

The quick vapor fox

Body text set in Libre Baskerville. Good type gives a page its voice before anyone reads a word.

Old Standard TT + Libre Baskerville

Broadsheet, trustworthy, classic · great for Newspaper

Cyber HUD.ttf

The quick vapor fox

Body text set in Rajdhani. Good type gives a page its voice before anyone reads a word.

Orbitron + Rajdhani

Sci-fi, angular, futuristic · great for Cyberpunk, 3D

Warm Humanist.ttf

The quick vapor fox

Body text set in Work Sans. Good type gives a page its voice before anyone reads a word.

Young Serif + Work Sans

Organic, warm, crafted · great for Organic, earthy

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