Fonts that go with Playfair Display
Of the 166,316 home pages that load Playfair Display, 18% also load Open Sans and 15% Roboto. Playfair Display meets 230 fonts on 50 sites or more. Weighed against how common each font is, Playfair Display SC comes with it most: on 1,222 sites, where chance would give 87.
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.
Playfair Display + Open Sans
29,741 sites · 1× chance
Heading · Playfair Display
Playfair DisplayText · Open Sans
Heading · Open Sans
Open SansText · Playfair Display
Playfair Display + Playfair Display SC
1,222 sites · 14× chance
Heading · Playfair Display
Playfair DisplayText · Playfair Display SC
Heading · Playfair Display SC
Playfair Display SCText · Playfair Display
Playfair Display + Shadows Into Light
2,832 sites · 13× chance
Heading · Playfair Display
Playfair DisplayText · Shadows Into Light
Heading · Shadows Into Light
Shadows Into LightText · Playfair Display
02 / Most often
Used most with Playfair Display
The share of its 166,316 home pages that load each font too, and how many times as often as chance would have it: 1× is chance.
- Open Sans18%29,741 sites · 1× chance
- Roboto15%25,586 sites · 0.8× chance
- Montserrat15%25,476 sites · 1.1× chance
- Inter13%21,915 sites · 1.3× chance
- Poppins12%19,766 sites · 1.1× chance
- Lato9.8%16,292 sites · 1.2× chance
- Raleway4.6%7,658 sites · 1.1× chance
- DM Sans4.4%7,350 sites · 2.3× chance
- Oswald2.4%4,021 sites · 0.8× 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.
- Playfair Display SC14×1,222 sites, where chance gives 87Playfair Display’s own family
- Shadows Into Light13×2,832 sites, where chance gives 218
- Norwester8.7×173 sites, where chance gives 20
- Playfair5.2×4,017 sites, where chance gives 776Playfair Display’s own family
- Pinyon Script4.1×221 sites, where chance gives 54
- Great Vibes3.3×735 sites, where chance gives 223
- Alex Brush3×235 sites, where chance gives 78
- Domine2.9×483 sites, where chance gives 169
- Cinzel Decorative2.8×182 sites, where chance gives 65
04 / Trios
Trios with Playfair Display
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 Playfair Display
Answered from HTTP Archive’s crawl of 1 September 2026 and each font’s licence
What font goes with Playfair Display?
On the 166,316 home pages that load Playfair Display (HTTP Archive, September 2026), the fonts loaded most often with it are Open Sans (29,741 sites, 18% of them), Roboto (25,586) and Montserrat (25,476). They are on the same page: the data does not say which one sets the headings.
What fonts pair well with Playfair Display?
Weighed against how common each font is, sites choose Playfair Display SC with Playfair Display most: 14× as often as chance would have it, on 1,222 sites where chance gives 87. Then Shadows Into Light (13×) and Norwester (8.7×).
What three fonts go with Playfair Display?
282 sites load Playfair Display with Cormorant Garamond and DM Sans, each two of the three together more often than chance would have them. Next come DM Mono and DM Sans, on 234 sites.
Can I use Playfair Display and Playfair Display SC together for free?
Yes: both are free, commercial work included. Playfair Display and Playfair Display SC are both under the SIL Open Font License. Each font’s page says what its licence allows.