Fonts that go with Noto Serif
Of the 26,290 home pages that load Noto Serif, 21% also load Noto Sans and 15% Open Sans. Noto Serif meets 59 fonts on 50 sites or more. Weighed against how common each font is, Noto Sans comes with it most: on 5,616 sites, where chance would give 439.
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.
Noto Serif + Noto Sans
5,616 sites · 13× chance
Heading · Noto Serif
Noto SerifText · Noto Sans
Heading · Noto Sans
Noto SansText · Noto Serif
Noto Serif + Noto Serif Display
94 sites · 11× chance
Heading · Noto Serif
Noto SerifText · Noto Serif Display
Heading · Noto Serif Display
Noto Serif DisplayText · Noto Serif
Noto Serif + Open Sans
4,054 sites · 0.9× chance
Heading · Noto Serif
Noto SerifText · Open Sans
Heading · Open Sans
Open SansText · Noto Serif
02 / Most often
Used most with Noto Serif
The share of its 26,290 home pages that load each font too, and how many times as often as chance would have it: 1× is chance.
- Noto Sans21%5,616 sites · 13× chanceSame designer
- Open Sans15%4,054 sites · 0.9× chance
- Montserrat15%3,997 sites · 1.1× chance
- Roboto12%3,182 sites · 0.6× chance
- Lato5.7%1,508 sites · 0.7× chance
- Poppins4.6%1,216 sites · 0.4× chance
- Inter4.2%1,102 sites · 0.4× chance
- Raleway2.6%688 sites · 0.6× chance
- Jost2%519 sites · 1.6× 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.
- Noto Sans13×5,616 sites, where chance gives 439Same designer
- Noto Serif Display11×94 sites, where chance gives 8.4Noto Serif’s own family
- Noto Sans Display11×63 sites, where chance gives 5.8Same designer
- Inconsolata7×162 sites, where chance gives 23
- Overpass4.2×224 sites, where chance gives 53
- Noto Serif Japanese2.5×402 sites, where chance gives 163Noto Serif’s own family
- Schibsted Grotesk2.1×378 sites, where chance gives 184
- Maven Pro1.9×86 sites, where chance gives 45
- Great Vibes1.7×60 sites, where chance gives 35
04 / Questions
Pairing Noto Serif
Answered from HTTP Archive’s crawl of 1 September 2026 and each font’s licence
What font goes with Noto Serif?
On the 26,290 home pages that load Noto Serif (HTTP Archive, September 2026), the fonts loaded most often with it are Noto Sans (5,616 sites, 21% of them), Open Sans (4,054) and Montserrat (3,997). They are on the same page: the data does not say which one sets the headings.
What fonts pair well with Noto Serif?
Weighed against how common each font is, sites choose Noto Sans with Noto Serif most: 13× as often as chance would have it, on 5,616 sites where chance gives 439. Then Noto Serif Display (11×) and Noto Sans Display (11×).
Can I use Noto Serif and Noto Sans together for free?
Yes: both are free, commercial work included. Noto Serif and Noto Sans are both under the SIL Open Font License. Each font’s page says what its licence allows.