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Open Sans + Merriweather

Open Sans stays neutral enough for utility-first headings, while Merriweather gives articles and supporting text a readable, dependable rhythm.

BlogsDocumentation hubsContent-heavy product sites

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Heading font

Open Sans

sans-serif Recommended

Open Sans is a dependable humanist sans with a practical tone, ideal for mixed-content websites, marketing pages, and interfaces where clarity matters more than novelty.

Weights: 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800

Styles: normal, italic

Subsets: latin, latin-ext

Open Open Sans

Body font

Merriweather

serif Recommended

Merriweather was designed for comfortable screen reading, with generous proportions and sturdy details that make it useful for essays, documentation, and long-form publishing.

Weights: 300, 400, 700, 900

Styles: normal, italic

Subsets: latin, latin-ext

Open Merriweather