Fonts that go with Quicksand
Of the 70,091 home pages that load Quicksand, 13% also load Roboto and 12% Open Sans. Quicksand meets 122 fonts on 50 sites or more. Weighed against how common each font is, Zen Maru Gothic comes with it most: on 401 sites, where chance would give 95. Not all of Roboto with Google Sans is design: Google’s maps and other widgets load Roboto and Google Sans into the pages they sit on.
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.
Quicksand + Roboto
8,793 sites · 0.6× chance
Heading · Quicksand
QuicksandText · Roboto
Heading · Roboto
RobotoText · Quicksand
Quicksand + Zen Maru Gothic
401 sites · 4.2× chance
Heading · Quicksand
QuicksandText · Zen Maru Gothic
Heading · Zen Maru Gothic
Zen Maru GothicText · Quicksand
Quicksand + Fredoka
213 sites · 3.7× chance
Heading · Quicksand
QuicksandText · Fredoka
Heading · Fredoka
FredokaText · Quicksand
02 / Most often
Used most with Quicksand
The share of its 70,091 home pages that load each font too, and how many times as often as chance would have it: 1× is chance.
- Roboto13%8,793 sites · 0.6× chance
- Open Sans12%8,272 sites · 0.7× chance
- Montserrat7.7%5,396 sites · 0.6× chance
- Poppins7.3%5,135 sites · 0.7× chance
- Lato4.3%3,028 sites · 0.5× chance
- Raleway3.1%2,169 sites · 0.7× chance
- Inter2.8%1,986 sites · 0.3× chance
- Google Sans2.5%1,755 sites · 1× chance
- Playfair Display2.3%1,610 sites · 0.9× 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.
- Zen Maru Gothic4.2×401 sites, where chance gives 95
- Fredoka3.7×213 sites, where chance gives 58
- Sacramento3.1×86 sites, where chance gives 28
- Amatic SC3.1×208 sites, where chance gives 68
- Kalam2.3×83 sites, where chance gives 36
- Poiret One2.2×72 sites, where chance gives 32
- M PLUS Rounded 1c2.2×190 sites, where chance gives 86
- Baloo 22.1×119 sites, where chance gives 56
- Permanent Marker2.1×94 sites, where chance gives 45
04 / Questions
Pairing Quicksand
Answered from HTTP Archive’s crawl of 1 September 2026 and each font’s licence
What font goes with Quicksand?
On the 70,091 home pages that load Quicksand (HTTP Archive, September 2026), the fonts loaded most often with it are Roboto (8,793 sites, 13% of them), Open Sans (8,272) and Montserrat (5,396). They are on the same page: the data does not say which one sets the headings.
What fonts pair well with Quicksand?
Weighed against how common each font is, sites choose Zen Maru Gothic with Quicksand most: 4.2× as often as chance would have it, on 401 sites where chance gives 95. Then Fredoka (3.7×) and Sacramento (3.1×).
Can I use Quicksand and Zen Maru Gothic together for free?
Yes: both are free, commercial work included. Quicksand and Zen Maru Gothic are both under the SIL Open Font License. Each font’s page says what its licence allows.