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Neue Haas Grotesk pairs great with Arnhem, Kabel and ITC Garamond. All 15 pairings are shown below in real rendered specimens, with the reason each one works.
What fonts go with Neue Haas Grotesk? Before the pairing question comes the identity question, because this face is not another Helvetica — it is Helvetica restored, and its partners have to work against near-zero stroke contrast, closed apertures and spacing tight enough to lock words into single shapes.
… [Read More]Inconsolata pairs great with Karla, Montserrat and Playfair Display. All 15 pairings are shown below in real rendered specimens, with the reason each one works.
What fonts go with Inconsolata? This beloved monospace typeface brings programmer-friendly clarity that demands companions capable of bridging technical precision with design sophistication.
… [Read More]Baskerville pairs great with Lato, Work Sans and Libre Franklin. All 10 pairings are shown below in real rendered specimens, with the reason each one works.
What fonts go with Baskerville? It is one of the few classic serifs you can pair without installing anything at all. Apple includes it with macOS.
… [Read More]ITC Avant Garde Gothic pairs great with Bookman, ITC Lubalin Graph and Sabon. All 15 pairings are shown below in real rendered specimens, with the reason each one works.
What fonts go with ITC Avant Garde Gothic? The face is built from perfect circles, razor-tight letterfit, and ligatures that interlock like machine parts — so the question is really about what can breathe next to it.
… [Read More]Fira Sans pairs great with Merriweather, Montserrat and Fira Mono. All 12 pairings are shown below in real rendered specimens, with the reason each one works.
What fonts go with Fira Sans? Start with what it actually is: a humanist sans drawn for small screens, with a large x-height and open apertures, and a slightly wider, calmer relative of FF Meta rather than a generic “tech” voice. A partner either has to respect those screen proportions or contrast them on purpose, and the best documented pairings do one or the other, never both at once.
… [Read More]Douglas Bonneville has been a graphic designer since 1992 and has written about type here since 2009. BonFX is a blog about typography and design, and the books that came out of it.
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