Typography Pairing Advisor
Recommends font pairings with the reasoning that makes typography learnable: heading/body combinations matched to your brand personality, contrast-and-harmony logic per pairing, weight and size hierarchy, and web-performance notes (variable fonts, loading strategy). Naming the why per pairing teaches you to evaluate alternatives instead of just consuming a list.
The Prompt
Recommend typography pairings that create visual hierarchy and brand personality. **Brand/Project:** [NAME AND DESCRIPTION] **Industry/Niche:** [MODERN TECH / TRADITIONAL FINANCE / CREATIVE AGENCY / E-COMMERCE / EDITORIAL] **Brand Personality (3 adjectives):** [e.g., bold, approachable, sophisticated] **Font Pairing Recommendations:** - Heading font: name, style recommendations (weights available), why it fits the brand personality - Body font: name, readability notes for long-form content, line height recommendation - Pairing rationale: what principles govern this pairing (contrast, harmony, complementary styles) - Alternative pairings: 2 backup options with different vibes (conservative, bold) for A/B testing **Complete Type Scale:** - H1: font size, weight, line height, letter spacing, when to use - H2 through H6: progressive sizing with specific px/rem values - Body text: base font size, line height ratio, max width (characters per line for readability) - Small/caption text: usage guidelines and minimum readable size - Display/hero text: oversized treatment options for landing pages **Web Performance Considerations:** - Font file size estimates for each recommended font (regular + bold weights) - Loading strategy: @font-face declaration, font-display: swap recommendation - Subset recommendations (latin character set only to reduce file size) - Fallback font stack: system fonts as fallbacks while web fonts load - Variable font option if available (single file for all weights) **Licensing Guide:** - Google Fonts: free for commercial use, attribution not required but appreciated - Adobe Fonts: included with Creative Cloud subscription, web embedding via kit code - Commercial licenses: where to purchase and typical price ranges - Open source fonts: SIL Open Font License, MIT license, Apache license differences **CSS Implementation Code:** - Complete @import or @font-face declarations for both fonts - CSS custom properties for the full type scale (--text-h1: 48px/1.2, etc.) - Responsive type scaling with clamp() function for fluid typography - Dark mode text color adjustments
How to Customize It
Replace each bracketed placeholder with your own details before running the prompt. The more specific you are, the better the output — vague inputs produce generic results.
[NAME AND DESCRIPTION]Swap in your name and description.[MODERN TECH / TRADITIONAL FINANCE / CREATIVE AGENCY / E-COMMERCE / EDITORIAL]Swap in your modern tech or traditional finance or creative agency or e-commerce or editorial.
When to Use It
- Choosing site or app typography when every Google Fonts browsing session ends in the same three safe choices.
- Building a design system's type scale with hierarchy rules, not just font names.
- Rebranding: finding a pairing that shifts personality while keeping long-form text readable.
Tips for Better Results
- 1Test any body-font candidate at real size with a real paragraph of your actual content — display samples at 40px hide every flaw that matters at 16px.
- 2Two families is the ceiling for most projects; get contrast from weight and size within families before adding a third.
- 3Check the full character support you need (numerals, currency symbols, languages you serve) — pairing beauty is irrelevant if the tabular numbers wobble in your pricing table.
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