Fonts that go with Source Sans 3
Of the 32,125 home pages that load Source Sans 3, 7.6% also load Exo 2 and 7.1% Montserrat. Source Sans 3 meets 72 fonts on 50 sites or more. Weighed against how common each font is, Ms Madi comes with it most: on 74 sites, where chance would give 3.
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.
Source Sans 3 + Exo 2
2,434 sites · 24× chance
Heading · Source Sans 3
Source Sans 3Text · Exo 2
Heading · Exo 2
Exo 2Text · Source Sans 3
Source Sans 3 + Ms Madi
74 sites · 25× chance
Heading · Source Sans 3
Source Sans 3Text · Ms Madi
Heading · Ms Madi
Ms MadiText · Source Sans 3
Source Sans 3 + Montserrat
2,286 sites · 0.5× chance
Heading · Source Sans 3
Source Sans 3Text · Montserrat
Heading · Montserrat
MontserratText · Source Sans 3
02 / Most often
Used most with Source Sans 3
The share of its 32,125 home pages that load each font too, and how many times as often as chance would have it: 1× is chance.
- Exo 27.6%2,434 sites · 24× chance
- Montserrat7.1%2,286 sites · 0.5× chance
- Roboto6.4%2,057 sites · 0.3× chance
- Open Sans6.3%2,036 sites · 0.4× chance
- Playfair Display5.8%1,876 sites · 2.2× chance
- Poppins4.3%1,371 sites · 0.4× chance
- Inter3.8%1,229 sites · 0.4× chance
- Source Serif 43.2%1,041 sites · 19× chance
- Lato2.9%946 sites · 0.4× 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.
- Ms Madi25×74 sites, where chance gives 3
- Exo 224×2,434 sites, where chance gives 101
- Source Serif 419×1,041 sites, where chance gives 56
- Source Code Pro7×112 sites, where chance gives 16Same designer
- Literata2.9×55 sites, where chance gives 19
- Schibsted Grotesk2.9×652 sites, where chance gives 225
- Fraunces2.9×427 sites, where chance gives 148
- Newsreader2.6×96 sites, where chance gives 36
- DM Serif Display2.6×236 sites, where chance gives 90
04 / Questions
Pairing Source Sans 3
Answered from HTTP Archive’s crawl of 1 September 2026 and each font’s licence
What font goes with Source Sans 3?
On the 32,125 home pages that load Source Sans 3 (HTTP Archive, September 2026), the fonts loaded most often with it are Exo 2 (2,434 sites, 7.6% of them), Montserrat (2,286) and Roboto (2,057). They are on the same page: the data does not say which one sets the headings.
What fonts pair well with Source Sans 3?
Weighed against how common each font is, sites choose Ms Madi with Source Sans 3 most: 25× as often as chance would have it, on 74 sites where chance gives 3. Then Exo 2 (24×) and Source Serif 4 (19×).
Can I use Source Sans 3 and Ms Madi together for free?
Yes: both are free, commercial work included. Source Sans 3 and Ms Madi are both under the SIL Open Font License. Each font’s page says what its licence allows.