Font pairing

Pick a heading font, pick a body font that goes with it, and see the pair on a poster, an app screen and a logo. Every preview uses a free Google Font, so you can use what you see.

13 well-known fontsPreviewed with free Google Fonts
See the pairOn a poster, an app screen and a logo
Code to pasteHTML link, CSS and Tailwind v4
Where it came fromHistory and who uses it, sourced

Heading font

Futura with Lora

Preview uses Jost, the closest free match.

Some roads only go one way.

The Long Way Home

Two brothers, one borrowed car and a thousand miles of coast between them and the funeral. In cinemas this spring.

TitleTaglineBody text

Body font

Pairings for Jost, and why they work.

Use it

Both fonts are free under the licences on Google Fonts. Add the link to your page head, then set the families in CSS or in a Tailwind v4 theme.

HTML

<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Jost:wght@400;700&family=Lora:wght@400;700&display=swap">

CSS

h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Jost', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
}

body {
  font-family: 'Lora', serif;
}

Tailwind v4

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Jost:wght@400;700&family=Lora:wght@400;700&display=swap");
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --font-heading: 'Jost', sans-serif;
  --font-body: 'Lora', serif;
}

/* Then use the font-heading and font-body classes. */

About Futura

The 1927 geometric sans of circles and straight lines.

History

Paul Renner designed Futura, released by the Bauer type foundry in 1927.[1]

Who uses it

Wes Anderson films including Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and Fantastic Mr. Fox[1]
Barbara Kruger's artworks[1]
The Diamonds Are Forever title sequence[1]
Frank Ocean's Blonde cover, in a customised Futura[1]

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Futura (typeface)

Futura on its own page