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Great Vibes and Nunito Sans font pairing

Handwriting headings with a sans serif body.

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Issue 07 · Field notes
A field guide to good ideas

Good pairings feel inevitable. Great ones set the tone before a single word is read.

Typography sets the tone before a single word is read. A strong pairing creates clear hierarchy while feeling like one consistent voice across every page. This paragraph is set in Nunito Sans, while the headline uses Great Vibes. Numbers like 0123456789, punctuation “quotes” — and ampersands & — reveal a lot about how two typefaces get along.

Contrast, then harmony

Look for contrast in structure and harmony in proportion: similar x-heights, compatible widths and a shared sense of rhythm. Bold text and italic text should feel natural, too.

Why this pairing works

Great Vibes adds a human, hand-made touch to short headlines and accents; Nunito Sans keeps everything else clear and legible. Nunito Sans ships in 9 weights, so you can build captions, buttons and emphasis without adding another family.

HGreat Vibes

Great Vibes is a free handwriting typeface designed by Robert Leuschke, added to Google Fonts in 2012. It comes in 1 weight.

More pairings for Great Vibes →

BNunito Sans

Nunito Sans is a free sans serif typeface designed by Vernon Adams, Jacques Le Bailly, Manvel Shmavonyan and Alexei Vanyashin, added to Google Fonts in 2016. It comes in 9 weights with matching italics, and is a variable font with YTLC, optical size, width and weight axes.

More pairings for Nunito Sans →

Use this pairing on your website

HTML — paste in <head>
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Great+Vibes:wght@400&family=Nunito+Sans:wght@400;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
CSS
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Great Vibes', cursive;
  font-weight: 400;
}

body {
  font-family: 'Nunito Sans', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.6;
}

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Good things take time

Typography sets the tone before a single word is read. A good pairing feels like one voice.

HGreat VibesBPoppinsplayfulfriendly→

Great Vibes adds a human, hand-made touch to short headlines and accents; Poppins keeps everything else clear and legible.

Ideas that travel well

Typography sets the tone before a single word is read. A good pairing feels like one voice.

HGreat VibesBRoboto Condensedplayfulfriendly→

Great Vibes adds a human, hand-made touch to short headlines and accents; Roboto Condensed keeps everything else clear and legible.

Built for the long run

Typography sets the tone before a single word is read. A good pairing feels like one voice.

HGreat VibesBOpen Sansplayfulfriendly→

Great Vibes adds a human, hand-made touch to short headlines and accents; Open Sans keeps everything else clear and legible.

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The art of saying less

Typography sets the tone before a single word is read. A good pairing feels like one voice.

HPlayfair DisplayBNunito Sanseditorial→

A classic contrast: Playfair Display's serifs give headlines an editorial, trustworthy voice while Nunito Sans's clean shapes keep body text easy to scan on screens.

Notes from the studio

Typography sets the tone before a single word is read. A good pairing feels like one voice.

HFrauncesBNunito Sanseditorial→

A classic contrast: Fraunces's serifs give headlines an editorial, trustworthy voice while Nunito Sans's clean shapes keep body text easy to scan on screens.

Notes from the studio

Typography sets the tone before a single word is read. A good pairing feels like one voice.

HCinzelBNunito Sanseditorial→

A classic contrast: Cinzel's serifs give headlines an editorial, trustworthy voice while Nunito Sans's clean shapes keep body text easy to scan on screens.

Frequently asked questions

Do Great Vibes and Nunito Sans go well together?

Great Vibes adds a human, hand-made touch to short headlines and accents; Nunito Sans keeps everything else clear and legible. Nunito Sans ships in 9 weights, so you can build captions, buttons and emphasis without adding another family.

Which font should be used for headings?

Use Great Vibes for headings at weight 400, and Nunito Sans for body text at weight 400. You can swap them in the pairing tool to compare.

Are Great Vibes and Nunito Sans free?

Yes — both are open-source fonts on Google Fonts and free for personal and commercial use.