RANK #08 79% MATCH

Dosis × Open Sans

sans-serif  +  sans-serif

Dosis's rounded display headlines over Open Sans's neutral body pair a stylish headline with a clean, frictionless reading face — Dosis supplies the character up top while Open Sans keeps the body safe and legible.

Headings + Body Google Fonts Free
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Match scores

How Dosis and Open Sans score across four checks — class contrast, role clarity, x-height harmony and mood affinity. Higher is better.

COMPOSITE MATCH
79 /100
Reliable choice
Class contrast 70
Role clarity 84
X-height harmony 82
Mood affinity 82
WHY IT WORKS
Structure meets readability

Dosis's rounded display headlines over Open Sans's neutral body pair a stylish headline with a clean, frictionless reading face — Dosis supplies the character up top while Open Sans keeps the body safe and legible.

Where it shines

Corporate and product sites wanting a soft, stylish headline over a neutral body.

Where to be careful

Both are sans — lean on Dosis weight and size so the rounded headline clearly leads the neutral body.

THE TYPEFACES
Meet the pair
Ag HEADING
Dosis
sans-serif · Edgar Tolentino, Pablo Impallari, Igino Marini · 2011
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
ExtraLight Light Regular Medium SemiBold Bold
BEST FOR Headlines, labels, UI
Ag BODY
Open Sans
sans-serif · Steve Matteson · 2011
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Light Regular Medium SemiBold Bold ExtraBold
BEST FOR Body text, quotes, long reads
GET THE PAIR
Drop it into your project

Add the fonts, then two rules — Dosis for headings, Open Sans for everything you read.

index.html
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Dosis:wght@500;700&family=Open+Sans:wght@400;500&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
styles.css
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: "Dosis", sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}

body, p {
  font-family: "Open Sans", serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.7;
}
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