Montserrat + Open Sans

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Montserrat 700 / Open Sans 400 — click the text to edit

Why it works

One of the most searched-for pairings on Google Fonts, and it holds up: Montserrat's wide geometric capitals give headlines presence, while Open Sans's humanist forms add just enough warmth to keep paragraphs from feeling sterile. The trick is that they contrast in construction — geometric versus humanist — while matching in weight range and x-height, so the page reads as varied but never mismatched. A safe, versatile default for almost any modern site.

More about each face: Montserrat · Open Sans

Use this pairing

HTML — Google Fonts embed
<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=Montserrat:wght@700&family=Open+Sans:wght@400;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
CSS
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Montserrat', 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
}

body {
  font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 400;
}
Next.js — next/font
import { Montserrat, Open_Sans } from "next/font/google";

const heading = Montserrat({
  subsets: ["latin"],
  weight: "700",
  variable: "--font-heading",
});

const body = Open_Sans({
  subsets: ["latin"],
  weight: "400",
  variable: "--font-body",
});
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