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I love fonts. La la la love them. I’ve shared several posts of my favorite free fonts. Let’s talk about how to pair your favorite free fonts together.



There are a few things to keep in mind when picking out fonts to go together.

-LESS IS MORE.

Choose two to three fonts at a time at the most. (unless you’re creating subway art or something along those lines)

-MATCH THE TONE.

Pick fonts that go hand in hand with the text. If you use mismatched text to font, it’ll confuse your audience. For example- don’t use a scripty, dramatic font for a word like “dinosaur” or “punk rock.”

-BALANCE IS KEY.

In choosing your two fonts, make sure that they balance each other out. Opposites attract. Use one san serif and one script font. Or one handwritten font and one script. But stay away from fonts that look too similar. Creating contrast can be magical.

-LEGIBILITY.

Above all, make sure everyone can read whatever fonts you choose. Simple idea but I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to zoom in on something because I couldn’t read the font.

Oh and I found this cool font pairing site called Type Connection. It makes matches for you!

Here are some of my recent favorites listed above:

SAN SERIF FONTS:

Modern. San Serif are clean lined and contemporary.

Nexa

Fjalla

Antonio

Winterthur Condensed

Tuffy

SERIF FONTS:

Classic. Serif is has a timeless element to them.

Playfair Display

Sedgewick

Elsie

Geared

Very Fine Serif

SCRIPT FONTS:

Romantic. Script is often used for drama.

Frosting For Breakfast

That’s Font Folks

Egregio Script

Xiomara

Prelude

HANDWRITTEN FONTS:

Whimsical. Handwritten can be used to create whimsy and playfulness.

Too Tight

Chalkboard Chum

Wonderyum

Simple Kind of GirlElsie’s Alphabet

Unsure of how to install them? Kayla Aimee has good, simple directions for installing fonts.

Check out these other font posts:

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In time for summer!