Fonts that go with PT Serif
Of the 30,638 home pages that load PT Serif, 24% also load Open Sans and 17% Roboto. PT Serif meets 78 fonts on 50 sites or more. Weighed against how common each font is, PT Serif Caption comes with it most: on 141 sites, where chance would give 3.4.
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.
PT Serif + Open Sans
7,386 sites · 1.3× chance
Heading · PT Serif
PT SerifText · Open Sans
Heading · Open Sans
Open SansText · PT Serif
PT Serif + PT Serif Caption
141 sites · 42× chance
Heading · PT Serif
PT SerifText · PT Serif Caption
Heading · PT Serif Caption
PT Serif CaptionText · PT Serif
PT Serif + Forum
443 sites · 17× chance
Heading · PT Serif
PT SerifText · Forum
Heading · Forum
ForumText · PT Serif
02 / Most often
Used most with PT Serif
The share of its 30,638 home pages that load each font too, and how many times as often as chance would have it: 1× is chance.
- Open Sans24%7,386 sites · 1.3× chance
- Roboto17%5,080 sites · 0.8× chance
- Montserrat12%3,621 sites · 0.9× chance
- PT Sans11%3,221 sites · 9.7× chanceSame designer
- Lato6.6%2,028 sites · 0.8× chance
- Poppins6.2%1,895 sites · 0.6× chance
- Playfair Display6%1,836 sites · 2.3× chance
- Oswald5.4%1,655 sites · 1.9× chance
- Inter5.2%1,580 sites · 0.5× 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.
- PT Serif Caption42×141 sites, where chance gives 3.4PT Serif’s own family
- Forum17×443 sites, where chance gives 26
- Varela15×204 sites, where chance gives 14
- Quattrocento Sans9.8×199 sites, where chance gives 20
- PT Sans9.7×3,221 sites, where chance gives 333Same designer
- Neuton9.3×74 sites, where chance gives 7.9
- PT Sans Caption6.5×108 sites, where chance gives 17Same designer
- PT Sans Narrow6.1×321 sites, where chance gives 53Same designer
- Abril Fatface5.8×308 sites, where chance gives 53
04 / Trios
Trios with PT Serif
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 PT Serif
Answered from HTTP Archive’s crawl of 1 September 2026 and each font’s licence
What font goes with PT Serif?
On the 30,638 home pages that load PT Serif (HTTP Archive, September 2026), the fonts loaded most often with it are Open Sans (7,386 sites, 24% of them), Roboto (5,080) and Montserrat (3,621). They are on the same page: the data does not say which one sets the headings.
What fonts pair well with PT Serif?
Weighed against how common each font is, sites choose PT Serif Caption with PT Serif most: 42× as often as chance would have it, on 141 sites where chance gives 3.4. Then Forum (17×) and Varela (15×).
What three fonts go with PT Serif?
203 sites load PT Serif with Abril Fatface and PT Sans, each two of the three together more often than chance would have them. Next come PT Sans and PT Sans Narrow, on 161 sites.
Can I use PT Serif and PT Serif Caption together for free?
Yes: both are free, commercial work included. PT Serif and PT Serif Caption are both under the SIL Open Font License. Each font’s page says what its licence allows.