Fonts that go with Work Sans
Of the 77,476 home pages that load Work Sans, 13% also load Roboto and 11% Open Sans. Work Sans meets 159 fonts on 50 sites or more. Weighed against how common each font is, Song Myung comes with it most: on 117 sites, where chance would give 3.2.
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.
Work Sans + Roboto
9,899 sites · 0.6× chance
Heading · Work Sans
Work SansText · Roboto
Heading · Roboto
RobotoText · Work Sans
Work Sans + Song Myung
117 sites · 37× chance
Heading · Work Sans
Work SansText · Song Myung
Heading · Song Myung
Song MyungText · Work Sans
Work Sans + Trocchi
95 sites · 14× chance
Heading · Work Sans
Work SansText · Trocchi
Heading · Trocchi
TrocchiText · Work Sans
02 / Most often
Used most with Work Sans
The share of its 77,476 home pages that load each font too, and how many times as often as chance would have it: 1× is chance.
- Roboto13%9,899 sites · 0.6× chance
- Open Sans11%8,856 sites · 0.6× chance
- Montserrat8.6%6,665 sites · 0.6× chance
- Poppins7.1%5,466 sites · 0.6× chance
- Inter5.1%3,982 sites · 0.5× chance
- Lato4.3%3,320 sites · 0.5× chance
- Playfair Display2.8%2,207 sites · 1.1× chance
- Raleway2.4%1,841 sites · 0.6× chance
- Oswald2.3%1,820 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.
- Song Myung37×117 sites, where chance gives 3.2
- Trocchi14×95 sites, where chance gives 6.9
- Castoro9.7×146 sites, where chance gives 15
- Sorts Mill Goudy5.5×184 sites, where chance gives 34
- Changa One4.8×93 sites, where chance gives 19
- Urbanist3.9×852 sites, where chance gives 217
- DM Serif Display3.9×837 sites, where chance gives 217
- Lexend3.3×898 sites, where chance gives 276
- Big Shoulders3.2×146 sites, where chance gives 46
04 / Questions
Pairing Work Sans
Answered from HTTP Archive’s crawl of 1 September 2026 and each font’s licence
What font goes with Work Sans?
On the 77,476 home pages that load Work Sans (HTTP Archive, September 2026), the fonts loaded most often with it are Roboto (9,899 sites, 13% of them), Open Sans (8,856) and Montserrat (6,665). They are on the same page: the data does not say which one sets the headings.
What fonts pair well with Work Sans?
Weighed against how common each font is, sites choose Song Myung with Work Sans most: 37× as often as chance would have it, on 117 sites where chance gives 3.2. Then Trocchi (14×) and Castoro (9.7×).
Can I use Work Sans and Song Myung together for free?
Yes: both are free, commercial work included. Work Sans and Song Myung are both under the SIL Open Font License. Each font’s page says what its licence allows.