Font pairs that open doors

Cormorant Garamond + Josefin Sans

Set the headline in Cormorant Garamond, a serif by Christian Thalmann, and the text under it in Josefin Sans, a sans serif by Santiago Orozco.

A serif over a sans serif keeps the two roles apart by shape, so the pair still reads clearly at small sizes.

Shippori Mincho B1 + Zen Kaku Gothic New

Set the headline in Shippori Mincho B1, a serif by FONTDASU, and the text under it in Zen Kaku Gothic New, a sans serif by Yoshimichi Ohira.

A serif over a sans serif keeps the two roles apart by shape, so the pair still reads clearly at small sizes.

Marcellus + Mulish

Set the headline in Marcellus, a serif by Astigmatic, and the text under it in Mulish, a sans serif by Vernon Adams and Cyreal and Jacques Le Bailly.

A serif over a sans serif keeps the two roles apart by shape, so the pair still reads clearly at small sizes.

Old Standard TT + Work Sans

Set the headline in Old Standard TT, a serif by Alexey Kryukov, and the text under it in Work Sans, a sans serif by Wei Huang.

A serif over a sans serif keeps the two roles apart by shape, so the pair still reads clearly at small sizes.

Space Grotesk + Newsreader

Set the headline in Space Grotesk, a sans serif by Florian Karsten, and the text under it in Newsreader, a serif by Production Type.

A sans serif over a serif keeps the two roles apart by shape, so the pair still reads clearly at small sizes.

Poiret One + Gelasio

Set the headline in Poiret One, a display by Denis Masharov, and the text under it in Gelasio, a serif by Eben Sorkin.

A display over a serif keeps the two roles apart by shape, so the pair still reads clearly at small sizes.

The licences

• Cormorant Garamond is free for commercial use (SIL Open Font License 1.1): client work, logos and products included.
• Josefin Sans is free for commercial use (SIL Open Font License 1.1): client work, logos and products included.
• Shippori Mincho B1 is free for commercial use (SIL Open Font License 1.1): client work, logos and products included.
• Zen Kaku Gothic New is free for commercial use (SIL Open Font License 1.1): client work, logos and products included.
• Marcellus is free for commercial use (SIL Open Font License 1.1): client work, logos and products included.
• Mulish is free for commercial use (SIL Open Font License 1.1): client work, logos and products included.
• Old Standard TT is free for commercial use (SIL Open Font License 1.1): client work, logos and products included.
• Work Sans is free for commercial use (SIL Open Font License 1.1): client work, logos and products included.
• Space Grotesk is free for commercial use (SIL Open Font License 1.1): client work, logos and products included.
• Newsreader is free for commercial use (SIL Open Font License 1.1): client work, logos and products included.
• Poiret One is free for commercial use (SIL Open Font License 1.1): client work, logos and products included.
• Gelasio is free for commercial use (SIL Open Font License 1.1): client work, logos and products included.