Fonts that go with Zen Old Mincho
Of the 5,824 home pages that load Zen Old Mincho, 19% also load Zen Kaku Gothic New and 6.9% Noto Serif Japanese. Zen Old Mincho meets 24 fonts on 50 sites or more. Weighed against how common each font is, Zen Kaku Gothic New comes with it most: on 1,126 sites, where chance would give 14.
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.
Zen Old Mincho + Zen Kaku Gothic New
1,126 sites · 79× chance
Heading · Zen Old Mincho
Zen Old MinchoText · Zen Kaku Gothic New
Heading · Zen Kaku Gothic New
Zen Kaku Gothic NewText · Zen Old Mincho
Zen Old Mincho + Shippori Mincho B1
86 sites · 34× chance
Heading · Zen Old Mincho
Zen Old MinchoText · Shippori Mincho B1
Heading · Shippori Mincho B1
Shippori Mincho B1Text · Zen Old Mincho
Zen Old Mincho + Noto Serif Japanese
400 sites · 11× chance
Heading · Zen Old Mincho
Zen Old MinchoText · Noto Serif Japanese
Heading · Noto Serif Japanese
Noto Serif JapaneseText · Zen Old Mincho
02 / Most often
Used most with Zen Old Mincho
The share of its 5,824 home pages that load each font too, and how many times as often as chance would have it: 1× is chance.
- Zen Kaku Gothic New19%1,126 sites · 79× chanceSame designer
- Noto Serif Japanese6.9%400 sites · 11× chance
- EB Garamond5.9%346 sites · 13× chance
- Cormorant Garamond5.9%343 sites · 6.7× chance
- Roboto5.5%318 sites · 0.3× chance
- Lato3.3%190 sites · 0.4× chance
- Montserrat2.9%166 sites · 0.2× chance
- Inter2.7%155 sites · 0.3× chance
- Poppins2.2%131 sites · 0.2× 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 Kaku Gothic New79×1,126 sites, where chance gives 14Same designer
- Shippori Mincho B134×86 sites, where chance gives 2.6
- Cormorant Infant28×73 sites, where chance gives 2.6
- Zen Maru Gothic14×112 sites, where chance gives 7.9Same designer
- EB Garamond13×346 sites, where chance gives 26
- Noto Serif Japanese11×400 sites, where chance gives 36
- Marcellus8.3×105 sites, where chance gives 13
- Cardo6.7×73 sites, where chance gives 11
- Cormorant Garamond6.7×343 sites, where chance gives 52
04 / Trios
Trios with Zen Old Mincho
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 Zen Old Mincho
Answered from HTTP Archive’s crawl of 1 September 2026 and each font’s licence
What font goes with Zen Old Mincho?
On the 5,824 home pages that load Zen Old Mincho (HTTP Archive, September 2026), the fonts loaded most often with it are Zen Kaku Gothic New (1,126 sites, 19% of them), Noto Serif Japanese (400) and EB Garamond (346). They are on the same page: the data does not say which one sets the headings.
What fonts pair well with Zen Old Mincho?
Weighed against how common each font is, sites choose Zen Kaku Gothic New with Zen Old Mincho most: 79× as often as chance would have it, on 1,126 sites where chance gives 14. Then Shippori Mincho B1 (34×) and Cormorant Infant (28×).
What three fonts go with Zen Old Mincho?
66 sites load Zen Old Mincho with Cormorant Garamond and Zen Kaku Gothic New, each two of the three together more often than chance would have them. Next come EB Garamond and Zen Kaku Gothic New, on 56 sites.
Can I use Zen Old Mincho and Zen Kaku Gothic New together for free?
Yes: both are free, commercial work included. Zen Old Mincho and Zen Kaku Gothic New are both under the SIL Open Font License. Each font’s page says what its licence allows.