12 Gorgeous Font Pairings using Google Fonts

Ooooooh how I love font pairing! Choosing the right fonts for your project is so important. You’ll need to consider readability, size and weight. When pairing fonts you’ll want to make sure the fonts don’t contrast each other (like using two script font – no, no!).

I’ve searched through hundreds of fonts on Google fonts and found the very best font pairings. Enjoy!

Oswald & Open Sans Condensed

A clean and condensed font perfect for photographers, fitness blogs and authors.

Keywords: Modern, clean, bold

Lora & Source Sans Pro

Lora is a well-balanced contemporary serif with roots in calligraphy, paired with a classic sans-serif font. Ideal for Interior designers or the wedding industry.

Keywords: Classic, clean, easygoing

Old Standard & Source Sans Pro

A classic and heavy serif font perfect for beauty, fashion and lifestyle blogs.

Keywords: Luxury, refined, classic

Raleway & Roboto Condensed

Raleway is an elegant sans-serif typeface family intended for headings and other large size usage, paired with a condensed sans-serif font. Suitable for graphic designers and interior designers.

Keywords: Modern, clean, crisp

Bitter & Roboto Condensed

A contemporary slab serif typeface perfect for travel, food and lifestyle blogs. Roboto condensed is a complementary to the slab serif font.

Keywords: Bold, modern, creative

Quicksand & Roboto Slab

A rounded sans-serif font paired with a light and clean slab font. A perfect font for photographers and the wedding industry.

Keywords: Whimsical, friendly, clean

Permanent Marker & Varela

Permanent Marker represents the look and feel of a favorite writing instrument. Paired with a clean and minimalistic sans-serif font. Ideal for fitness, beauty and fashion blogs.

Keywords: Edgy, bold, outspoken

Merriweather & Merriweather Sans

Merriweather is a workhorse text type family made specifically for screens, perfectly paired with a sans-serif font in the same family. A beautiful choice for interior designers and the wedding industry.

Keywords: Classic, elegant, warm

Josefin Slab & Work Sans

A Scandinavian style font paired with the multi-functional sans-serif Work Sans font. Perfect for travel blogs, authors and designers of all kind.

Keywords: Sophisticated, classic, easygoing

Rock Salt & Noto Sans

A bold and edgy handwritten font paired with a web oriented sans-serif font. Ideal for fitness, fashion and lifestyle blogs.

Keywords: Brave, adventurous, charming

Bree Serif & Roboto Slab

A charming serif font paired with a classic slab font. A perfect fit for food bloggers, graphic designer and photographers.

Keywords: Quirky, friendly, gregarious

Abril Fatface & Playfair Display

Inspired by the heavy titling fonts used in advertising posters in 19th century Britain and France, paired with a dramatic serif font. Ideal for fashion and lifestyle blogs and the wedding industry.

Keywords: Trendy, modern, self-confident

Looking for more options? Here’s even more font pairings I’ve put together for you!
12 Bold Font Pairings Using Google Fonts and 15 Feminine Google Font Pairings.

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