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

Impact with Source Serif 4

Preview uses Anton, 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 Anton, 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=Anton:wght@400&family=Source+Serif+4:wght@400;700&display=swap">

CSS

h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Anton', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 400;
}

body {
  font-family: 'Source Serif 4', serif;
}

Tailwind v4

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Anton:wght@400&family=Source+Serif+4:wght@400;700&display=swap");
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --font-heading: 'Anton', sans-serif;
  --font-body: 'Source Serif 4', serif;
}

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

About Impact

A 1965 Sheffield display face that became the meme font.

History

Geoffrey Lee designed Impact in 1965 for the Stephenson Blake foundry in Sheffield.[1]
It was part of Microsoft's "core fonts for the Web" and has come with Windows since Windows 98.[1]

Who uses it

Image macros and internet memes, including lolcats[1]
Activision's Call of Duty logo, until 2023[1]

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Impact (typeface)

Impact on its own page