Fonts that go with Cardo
Of the 11,701 home pages that load Cardo, 34% also load Inter and 10% Open Sans. Cardo meets 36 fonts on 50 sites or more. Weighed against how common each font is, Zen Old Mincho comes with it most: on 73 sites, where chance would give 11.
Fonts on the same home page, not which one sets the headings · HTTP Archive , 1 September 2026
01 / Set together
How the pairs look
Each font drawn from its own outlines, one as a heading and the other as text, then the other way round: the crawl does not say which sets the headings.
Cardo + Inter
4,020 sites · 3.4× chance
Heading · Cardo
CardoText · Inter
Heading · Inter
InterText · Cardo
Cardo + Zen Old Mincho
73 sites · 6.7× chance
Heading · Cardo
CardoText · Zen Old Mincho
Heading · Zen Old Mincho
Zen Old MinchoText · Cardo
Cardo + Cinzel
166 sites · 3.5× chance
Heading · Cardo
CardoText · Cinzel
Heading · Cinzel
CinzelText · Cardo
02 / Most often
Used most with Cardo
The share of its 11,701 home pages that load each font too, and how many times as often as chance would have it: 1× is chance.
- Inter34%4,020 sites · 3.4× chance
- Open Sans10%1,214 sites · 0.6× chance
- Montserrat9.4%1,098 sites · 0.7× chance
- Roboto8.5%992 sites · 0.4× chance
- Lato7.3%856 sites · 0.9× chance
- Poppins4%470 sites · 0.4× chance
- Raleway2.4%285 sites · 0.6× chance
- Josefin Sans1.9%228 sites · 2.8× chance
- Playfair Display1.7%199 sites · 0.6× chance
03 / Beyond chance
Used with it beyond chance
Weighed against how common each font is: the sites that load both, against those that would if every site picked its fonts at random, each as often as sites use it. From 50 sites, and not one theme copied.
- Zen Old Mincho6.7×73 sites, where chance gives 11
- Cinzel3.5×166 sites, where chance gives 47
- Inter3.4×4,020 sites, where chance gives 1,191
- Josefin Sans2.8×228 sites, where chance gives 80
- Crimson Text2.7×76 sites, where chance gives 28
- Noto Serif Japanese2.5×183 sites, where chance gives 73
- Cormorant2.1×54 sites, where chance gives 26
- Libre Franklin1.6×85 sites, where chance gives 54
- Karla1.5×110 sites, where chance gives 73
04 / Questions
Pairing Cardo
Answered from HTTP Archive’s crawl of 1 September 2026 and each font’s licence
What font goes with Cardo?
On the 11,701 home pages that load Cardo (HTTP Archive, September 2026), the fonts loaded most often with it are Inter (4,020 sites, 34% of them), Open Sans (1,214) and Montserrat (1,098). They are on the same page: the data does not say which one sets the headings.
What fonts pair well with Cardo?
Weighed against how common each font is, sites choose Zen Old Mincho with Cardo most: 6.7× as often as chance would have it, on 73 sites where chance gives 11. Then Cinzel (3.5×) and Inter (3.4×).
Can I use Cardo and Zen Old Mincho together for free?
Yes: both are free, commercial work included. Cardo and Zen Old Mincho are both under the SIL Open Font License. Each font’s page says what its licence allows.