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

Roboto with Roboto

Roboto is on Google Fonts, so the preview is the real thing.

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 Roboto, 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=Roboto:wght@400;700&display=swap">

CSS

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

body {
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
}

Tailwind v4

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

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

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

About Roboto

Google's Android system font since 2011.

History

Christian Robertson designed Roboto at Google. It was released in 2011 as the system font of Android Ice Cream Sandwich.[1]
It was redesigned in 2014 for Android 5.0 Lollipop.[1]

Who uses it

Google Play, YouTube, Google Maps and Google Images[1]
Nintendo Switch packaging[1]
The United Nations website[1]

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Roboto

Roboto on its own page