Fonts that go with Darker Grotesque
Of the 1,750 home pages that load Darker Grotesque, 14% also load Roboto and 12% Open Sans. Darker Grotesque meets 10 fonts on 50 sites or more. Weighed against how common each font is, Space Grotesk comes with it most: on 51 sites, where chance would give 9.7.
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.
Darker Grotesque + Roboto
247 sites · 0.7× chance
Heading · Darker Grotesque
Darker GrotesqueText · Roboto
Heading · Roboto
RobotoText · Darker Grotesque
Darker Grotesque + Space Grotesk
51 sites · 5.3× chance
Heading · Darker Grotesque
Darker GrotesqueText · Space Grotesk
Heading · Space Grotesk
Space GroteskText · Darker Grotesque
Darker Grotesque + DM Sans
59 sites · 1.7× chance
Heading · Darker Grotesque
Darker GrotesqueText · DM Sans
Heading · DM Sans
DM SansText · Darker Grotesque
02 / Most often
Used most with Darker Grotesque
The share of its 1,750 home pages that load each font too, and how many times as often as chance would have it: 1× is chance.
- Roboto14%247 sites · 0.7× chance
- Open Sans12%202 sites · 0.6× chance
- Inter8.7%152 sites · 0.9× chance
- Poppins8.3%146 sites · 0.8× chance
- Montserrat8.3%145 sites · 0.6× chance
- Raleway4.5%78 sites · 1.1× chance
- Lato3.5%62 sites · 0.4× chance
- DM Sans3.4%59 sites · 1.7× chance
- Playfair Display3.1%55 sites · 1.2× 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.
04 / Questions
Pairing Darker Grotesque
Answered from HTTP Archive’s crawl of 1 September 2026 and each font’s licence
What font goes with Darker Grotesque?
On the 1,750 home pages that load Darker Grotesque (HTTP Archive, September 2026), the fonts loaded most often with it are Roboto (247 sites, 14% of them), Open Sans (202) and Inter (152). They are on the same page: the data does not say which one sets the headings.
What fonts pair well with Darker Grotesque?
Weighed against how common each font is, sites choose Space Grotesk with Darker Grotesque most: 5.3× as often as chance would have it, on 51 sites where chance gives 9.7. Then DM Sans (1.7×).
Can I use Darker Grotesque and Space Grotesk together for free?
Yes: both are free, commercial work included. Darker Grotesque and Space Grotesk are both under the SIL Open Font License. Each font’s page says what its licence allows.