Fonts that go with Quicksand
Quicksand is a rounded geometric sans-serif with a gentle, friendly tone. It is common on wellness, kids, cafe and lifestyle sites. Here are the 5 Google Fonts that pair best with it, each rendered live.
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The best Quicksand pairings
01 · Quicksand + Nunito
Design that makes the first impression last
Good type does its work quietly. The headline sets the voice, the body carries the reading, and the contrast between them tells the eye where to go first.
Quicksand gives headlines a soft, rounded friendliness, and Nunito is rounded and gentle, easy for every age to read. Two sans-serifs pair through contrast of weight and width: set the headline heavy and tight, the body regular and open.
02 · Quicksand + Lato
Design that makes the first impression last
Good type does its work quietly. The headline sets the voice, the body carries the reading, and the contrast between them tells the eye where to go first.
Quicksand gives headlines a soft, rounded friendliness, and Lato is warm and highly readable in long passages. Two sans-serifs pair through contrast of weight and width: set the headline heavy and tight, the body regular and open.
03 · Quicksand + Lora
Design that makes the first impression last
Good type does its work quietly. The headline sets the voice, the body carries the reading, and the contrast between them tells the eye where to go first.
Quicksand gives headlines a soft, rounded friendliness, and Lora is a balanced serif made for comfortable long reading on screen. A sans headline over a serif body is the editorial inversion: modern on top, bookish underneath.
04 · Quicksand + Open Sans
Design that makes the first impression last
Good type does its work quietly. The headline sets the voice, the body carries the reading, and the contrast between them tells the eye where to go first.
Quicksand gives headlines a soft, rounded friendliness, and Open Sans is one of the most readable sans-serifs for long passages. Two sans-serifs pair through contrast of weight and width: set the headline heavy and tight, the body regular and open.
05 · Quicksand + Poppins
Design that makes the first impression last
Good type does its work quietly. The headline sets the voice, the body carries the reading, and the contrast between them tells the eye where to go first.
Quicksand gives headlines a soft, rounded friendliness, and Poppins has near-circular letters that read slowly in long text. Two sans-serifs pair through contrast of weight and width: set the headline heavy and tight, the body regular and open.
Using Quicksand on a website
Sizes
Quicksand is a headline face: use it from about 28px up, for headings, hero lines and short labels, and set paragraphs in a calmer partner.
Spacing
At large sizes, set line height between 1.0 and 1.2 and tighten letter spacing slightly (around -0.01em to -0.02em); in all capitals, loosen it instead (around +0.02em to +0.05em).
Loading
This page loads 400 and 700. Load only the weights you actually use: every extra weight is another file before text can render in it. Self-hosting with next/font, or font-display: swap with the Google Fonts CSS, keeps text visible while it loads.
Quicksand is free on Google Fonts, where you can see every weight and style it comes in.
Use the top pairing
import { Quicksand, Nunito } from "next/font/google";
export const heading = Quicksand({
subsets: ["latin"],
weight: ["400", "700"],
variable: "--font-heading",
});
export const body = Nunito({
subsets: ["latin"],
weight: ["400", "700"],
variable: "--font-body",
});Palettes that use Quicksand
More fonts that work with Quicksand
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Questions, answered.
The things people ask before they start building.
What font goes well with Quicksand?
Nunito, Lato, Lora, Open Sans and Poppins all pair well with Quicksand. Quicksand gives headlines a soft, rounded friendliness, and Nunito is rounded and gentle, easy for every age to read. Two sans-serifs pair through contrast of weight and width: set the headline heavy and tight, the body regular and open.
Is Quicksand good for headings or body text?
Quicksand is a sans-serif that works best for headlines: it gives headlines a soft, rounded friendliness as a headline and is light and rounded, best kept to short text in paragraphs.
Is Quicksand free for commercial use?
Yes. Quicksand is on Google Fonts, where every family is free and open source, so you can use it on commercial websites, in logos and in print without paying. Download or embed it from its Google Fonts page.
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