Typography & Graphic Design Blog
Proza Libre pairs great with Cormorant Garamond, Playfair Display and Libre Baskerville. All 15 pairings are shown below in real rendered specimens, with the reason each one works.
What fonts go with Proza Libre? This humanist sans-serif with distinctive personality requires pairings that appreciate its quirks rather than trying to neutralize them.
… [Read More]Copperplate Gothic pairs great with Scala, Univers and Sabon. All 5 pairings are shown below in real rendered specimens, with the reason each one works.
Almost nothing pairs with Copperplate Gothic, and that is by design. It is a 1901 all-caps engraving face with wedge-shaped microserifs so small they only register at business-card and letterhead sizes — drawn for a nameplate, not a paragraph. Below are the real-world combinations that have actually put it to work, and what to reach for if the project needs an entire typographic system rather than one small, precise label.
… [Read More]Poppins pairs great with Abril Fatface, Sintony and Open Sans. All 15 pairings are shown below in real rendered specimens, with the reason each one works.
What fonts go with Poppins? This geometric sans-serif with its nearly circular curves needs companions that either embrace its mathematical precision or provide deliberate organic contrast.
… [Read More]Courier pairs great with Helvetica, Times New Roman and Mulish. All 12 pairings are shown below in real rendered specimens, with the reason each one works.
Playfair Display pairs great with Source Sans Pro, Montserrat and Helvetica Neue. All 15 pairings are shown below in real rendered specimens, with the reason each one works.
What fonts go with Playfair Display? This high-contrast display serif with dramatic thick-thin transitions requires partners that can support its theatrical presence without fighting for the spotlight.
… [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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