What Fonts Go With Figtree?

KTH Royal Institute of Technology names Figtree and Georgia as its primary fonts. Figtree serves as the choice for headlines, subheadings and concise body text. For longer passages, KTH opts for Georgia.

Matthew Carter designed Georgia, a serif released in 1996. Its large x-height and sturdy forms read well on screens. Next to Figtree, it adds warmth without slowing the reader.

This is the simplest strong pairing on the list: Figtree on top, Georgia for the reading.

Marquette University uses Figtree for informational copy and subheads. It uses Open Sans for body copy, because it is highly legible in print and digital applications. George Mason University also lists Figtree and Open Sans together among its web and digital fonts.

Steve Matteson designed Open Sans as a humanist sans. Its open apertures and slightly narrower fit separate it from Figtree’s round geometry.

Keep the weights apart: a semibold Figtree subhead over regular Open Sans text.

George Mason University lists Figtree, Open Sans and Noto Serif as its web and digital fonts. Noto Serif is a plain, sturdy text serif. It gives Figtree’s headings a calm, institutional reading face.

Use Noto Serif for long articles, and keep Figtree for headings, navigation and captions. The three together make a full system: two sans faces for structure and one serif for reading.

Loyola University Maryland uses serif fonts, Cormorant and EB Garamond, for storytelling and long-form content. It uses Figtree for clarity, hierarchy and digital applications. A1 Gallery also records the Wispr Flow website with Garamond and Figtree.

EB Garamond is a free Garamond released by Georg Duffner in 2011. Its Renaissance proportions give long text a bookish rhythm. Against it, Figtree reads as the clean, modern interface layer.

Cormorant is the second serif in the same Loyola University Maryland system. It has sharp, elegant details and very fine hairlines.

That is a lot of contrast next to Figtree’s even strokes.

Use Figtree for headings and labels, and give Cormorant generous sizes for features, quotes and long stories. Do not set Cormorant small, because its hairlines need room.

Santa Clara University pairs Avenir Next with Minion Pro in its brand.

When those fonts are unavailable, it uses Figtree in place of Avenir Next and Crimson Pro in place of Minion Pro. So Figtree and Crimson Pro form the university’s free stand-in pair.

Crimson Pro is an old-style book serif with moderate contrast. It mirrors Minion’s role: Figtree for headlines and body, and the serif for pull quotes and elevated communications.

Champlain College names Figtree and Adobe Garamond Pro as the typefaces that play the biggest role in its brand look. Figtree is the primary typeface used to typeset most copy. Adobe Garamond Pro is the secondary typeface, reserved mostly for formal pieces.

Champlain also uses it to typeset quotes and callouts. This is the traditional half of a modern college identity. Figtree does the daily work, and Garamond marks the moments that should feel formal.

Champlain College also uses Caveat as a supplemental typeface for headlines and pull quotes. Caveat is the college’s official handwritten typeface, used to add a personal voice.

So in this pairing, Caveat takes the headline and Figtree takes the text. The contrast is total: a quick, handwritten script over a clean geometric sans.

Use Caveat for a short line, a quote or a note, and sparingly.

The EA brand guide uses Oswald for headers, always in all-caps. It uses Figtree for clean, modern body copy.

So Oswald takes the headings here. Oswald is a condensed gothic, so it packs a big headline into a narrow measure. Figtree’s wider, rounder text gives the eye a rest below it.

This is a strong editorial pairing for agencies, events and news-style layouts.

The same EA system uses Gelasio for serif moments of contrast, depth or refined expressive flair. Gelasio is a sturdy, traditional text serif.

It adds a third voice when Figtree and Oswald need a break. Use it for intros, quotes and short feature text under Figtree headings. It gives the system a serif accent without a fourth family.

Typ.io records the clarodata.co website with Figtree and Prociono.

Prociono is an unusual, slab-flavored serif with a hand-drawn feel. It is a deliberate oddball next to Figtree.

Use Figtree for headings and interface text, and Prociono for a few lines of display or quote text. The contrast comes from texture, not size.

Pimp my Type says Figtree works best in body text and UI text. It suggests partners for more engaging headings, and Bricolage Grotesque is one of them. So in this pairing, Bricolage Grotesque takes the headings.

Bricolage has quirky ink traps and a lively width range. Figtree stays calm underneath, so the page gets personality without noise.

The same Pimp my Type list includes Intel One Mono for copy and UI text. A monospace marks code, data and inputs as different from prose.

Figtree keeps the headings and the reading text. Intel One Mono’s open, readable shapes stay friendly next to Figtree.

Use it for developer docs, dashboards and product changelogs.

A1 Gallery records the WeNatal website with DM Sans, Figtree and Poppins.

Poppins is a geometric sans with almost perfectly circular bowls. Next to it, Figtree looks a little softer and more relaxed. Two geometric sans faces need a clear split, so build it with weight and size.

Use a heavy Figtree for headings and Poppins for short labels, or the other way around.

A1 Gallery records the Kinhive website with Figtree, Helvetica Now and Maxeville. In April 2019 Monotype released Helvetica Now, an update of Neue Helvetica.

Its neutral grotesque forms are the opposite of Figtree’s friendly curves. Use Figtree for warm headlines, and Helvetica Now for tight, factual text and labels. The pair works well for startups that want to feel friendly and serious at once.