Fonts that go with Instrument Sans
Of the 18,144 home pages that load Instrument Sans, 8.7% also load Inter and 4.8% Instrument Serif. Instrument Sans meets 52 fonts on 50 sites or more. Weighed against how common each font is, Instrument Serif comes with it most: on 862 sites, where chance would give 26.
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.
Instrument Sans + Inter
1,586 sites · 0.9× chance
Heading · Instrument Sans
Instrument SansText · Inter
Heading · Inter
InterText · Instrument Sans
Instrument Sans + Instrument Serif
862 sites · 33× chance
Heading · Instrument Sans
Instrument SansText · Instrument Serif
Heading · Instrument Serif
Instrument SerifText · Instrument Sans
Instrument Sans + Spline Sans Mono
56 sites · 33× chance
Heading · Instrument Sans
Instrument SansText · Spline Sans Mono
Heading · Spline Sans Mono
Spline Sans MonoText · Instrument Sans
02 / Most often
Used most with Instrument Sans
The share of its 18,144 home pages that load each font too, and how many times as often as chance would have it: 1× is chance.
- Inter8.7%1,586 sites · 0.9× chance
- Instrument Serif4.8%862 sites · 33× chanceSame designer
- Roboto4.4%798 sites · 0.2× chance
- Poppins4.1%750 sites · 0.4× chance
- Playfair Display4.1%738 sites · 1.5× chance
- Montserrat3.2%587 sites · 0.2× chance
- Bricolage Grotesque2.9%520 sites · 15× chance
- JetBrains Mono2.6%467 sites · 5.1× chance
- DM Sans2.5%452 sites · 1.3× 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.
- Instrument Serif33×862 sites, where chance gives 26Same designer
- Spline Sans Mono33×56 sites, where chance gives 1.7
- Bricolage Grotesque15×520 sites, where chance gives 35
- IBM Plex Mono7.5×364 sites, where chance gives 48
- Newsreader7.5×154 sites, where chance gives 21
- DM Mono7×114 sites, where chance gives 16
- Fraunces5.2×437 sites, where chance gives 84
- JetBrains Mono5.1×467 sites, where chance gives 91
- Space Mono5×104 sites, where chance gives 21
04 / Trios
Trios with Instrument Sans
The two fonts most used with it as a set of three, each two of the three together more often than chance would have them.
05 / Questions
Pairing Instrument Sans
Answered from HTTP Archive’s crawl of 1 September 2026 and each font’s licence
What font goes with Instrument Sans?
On the 18,144 home pages that load Instrument Sans (HTTP Archive, September 2026), the fonts loaded most often with it are Inter (1,586 sites, 8.7% of them), Instrument Serif (862) and Roboto (798). They are on the same page: the data does not say which one sets the headings.
What fonts pair well with Instrument Sans?
Weighed against how common each font is, sites choose Instrument Serif with Instrument Sans most: 33× as often as chance would have it, on 862 sites where chance gives 26. Then Spline Sans Mono (33×) and Bricolage Grotesque (15×).
What three fonts go with Instrument Sans?
62 sites load Instrument Sans with Bricolage Grotesque and JetBrains Mono, each two of the three together more often than chance would have them. Next come Bricolage Grotesque and IBM Plex Mono, on 60 sites.
Can I use Instrument Sans and Instrument Serif together for free?
Yes: both are free, commercial work included. Instrument Sans and Instrument Serif are both under the SIL Open Font License. Each font’s page says what its licence allows.