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Most layouts look best when at least two fonts are used to set text. Magazine spreads, book pages, flyers, websites and other text-based designs will always benefit from a well-chosen font pairing.
Finding font pairings that set each other off, don’t fight the eye for attention, and harmonise without becoming homogenous and dull is tough for graphic designers. The age-old rule goes as follows: concord or contrast, but don’t conflict.
In this video I’ll give you quick tips for combining fonts and then give you popular combinations that you can use in your own designs.
Let’s start with why you should pick a font or another.
These aren’t absolutes that you must follow in every occasion but merely some guidelines to stick to when in doubt.
Use Font Families
First of all, when possible, check out the various fonts within a single family. These fonts have meticulously been designed to work together and are therefore the safest method of varying your font without creating visual discord.
Contrast is King
Next, when you’re combining two fonts, go for contrast. If you mix two fonts that are fairly similar, the lack of contrast makes it look more like something is slightly off with the typography rather than the intended impression of two different typefaces.
Go Easy
Also, limit yourself to only a few typefaces. If you can get by with two, do it, if not, stop at three. In all but the most experienced hands, lots of different fonts wreak havoc on the cohesiveness of a design.
Think About Which Fonts Are Appropriate
Finally, let the content play a big role in your font choice. If your content is modern and professional, stick to fonts that suggest these qualities.
Now let’s look at the combinations:
Open Sans Condensed & Open Sans
Open Sans is one of—if not the—most versatile font in the entire collection of Google Fonts. It’s extremely easy to read in large blocks of text, at the same time being salient enough for headlines.
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