Colours

Font pairing tester

Pick a headline and a body font, or start from one of ours. Then try them on a page, a business card, a poster or, if you must, WordArt.

Every combination of your brand colours

Tap one to use it. AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text. AAA needs 7:1 and 4.5:1.

Our pairings

Warm and crafted

Fraunces does the charm, Instrument Sans keeps the menu readable. Hard to get wrong for a café or a roastery.

Fraunces + Instrument SansFood and drink
Modern editorial

A sharp condensed serif over a precise sans. The difference in width does most of the work, so both can stay at regular weights.

Instrument Serif + GeistStudios and culture
Quiet money

Gloock signals quality in a headline. DM Sans keeps floor plans, prices and specs easy to scan.

Gloock + DM SansProperty and interiors
Fashion house

Hairline Bodoni for the logo and the campaign lines, a clean grotesk for everything else. The magazine formula, and it still works.

Bodoni Moda + Hanken GroteskFashion and luxury
Art school

Syne brings the attitude, Inter Tight stays out of the way. Keep the personality in one place and the case studies stay readable.

Syne + Inter TightAgencies and studios
Turn it up

Wide and loud on top, calm underneath. Manrope holds up at the small sizes that line-ups and ticket details need.

Unbounded + ManropeMusic, tech and events
Friendly expert

A tidy, approachable sans over a serious reading serif. Good when a brand needs to explain things without talking down.

Stack Sans Headline + NewsreaderTech and education
Playful but well read

An expressive grotesk with a proper reading serif underneath. Unexpected, and it gives a playful brand some weight.

Bricolage Grotesque + NewsreaderIndependent brands
Friendly local

Chunky serif headlines with a squared-off sans for the details. Feels local without looking homemade.

Young Serif + EpilogueCafés and shops
Matchday

Condensed headlines that read from the back of the stand, and a sturdy grotesk for fixtures and prices.

Big Shoulders Display + ChivoSport and venues
Soft and refined

Delicate Garamond set large, with a rounded sans that keeps things approachable rather than precious.

Cormorant Garamond + OutfitBeauty and wellness
Fly posting

Heavy condensed capitals for posters and socials, with a warm grotesk so the small print still sounds human.

Anton + Familjen GroteskCampaigns and events
Private view

Bookish Caslon for titles and exhibition names, a newsroom grotesk for listings and opening times.

Libre Caslon Display + Schibsted GroteskGalleries and publishers
Open source

Mozilla's headline font is direct without being cold. Hanken keeps longer copy calm and readable.

Mozilla Headline + Hanken GroteskCharities and public sector