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Fonts for headings

A heading typeface is the first thing a reader meets on the page. It does the job of an opening sentence — it announces the publication, sets the emotional register, and either invites the reader in or pushes them away. The families collected here are the ones we believe deserve the front of your layout.

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Roboto Sans-Serif · 18 styles
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BJCree Serif · 4 styles
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Open Sans Sans-Serif · 12 styles
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Cossette Texte Sans-Serif · 2 styles
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Google Sans Sans-Serif · 8 styles
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Inter Sans-Serif · 18 styles
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Montserrat Sans-Serif · 18 styles
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Poppins Sans-Serif · 18 styles
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Noto Sans JP Sans-Serif · 9 styles
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Noto Sans Ol Chiki Sans-Serif · 4 styles
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Lato Sans-Serif · 10 styles
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Arimo Sans-Serif · 8 styles
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Roboto Condensed Sans-Serif · 18 styles
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Chiron GoRound TC Sans-Serif · 8 styles
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Oswald Sans-Serif · 6 styles
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Noto Sans Sans-Serif · 18 styles
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Raleway Sans-Serif · 18 styles
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Nunito Sans-Serif · 18 styles
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Playfair Display Serif · 12 styles
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DM Sans Sans-Serif · 20 styles
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Nunito Sans Sans-Serif · 18 styles
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Rubik Sans-Serif · 14 styles
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Roboto Slab Serif · 9 styles
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Ubuntu Sans-Serif · 8 styles
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Noto Sans KR Sans-Serif · 9 styles
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Merriweather Serif · 14 styles
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Work Sans Sans-Serif · 18 styles
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Outfit Sans-Serif · 9 styles
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Manrope Sans-Serif · 7 styles
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Kanit Sans-Serif · 18 styles
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PT Sans Sans-Serif · 4 styles
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Lora Serif · 8 styles
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Mulish Sans-Serif · 18 styles
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Noto Sans TC Sans-Serif · 9 styles
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Noto Sans Gurmukhi Sans-Serif · 9 styles
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Prompt Sans-Serif · 18 styles
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Saira Sans-Serif · 18 styles
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Quicksand Sans-Serif · 5 styles
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Figtree Sans-Serif · 14 styles
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Barlow Sans-Serif · 18 styles
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Smooch Sans Sans-Serif · 9 styles
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IBM Plex Sans Sans-Serif · 14 styles
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Titillium Web Sans-Serif · 11 styles
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Fira Sans Sans-Serif · 18 styles
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Source Sans 3 Sans-Serif · 16 styles
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Plus Jakarta Sans Sans-Serif · 14 styles
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Karla Sans-Serif · 14 styles
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Jost Sans-Serif · 18 styles
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Bricolage Grotesque Sans-Serif · 7 styles
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Heebo Sans-Serif · 9 styles
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Noto Serif Serif · 18 styles
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Archivo Sans-Serif · 18 styles
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PT Serif Serif · 4 styles
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Libre Baskerville Serif · 8 styles
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Noto Serif JP Serif · 8 styles
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Lobster Two Display · 4 styles
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Barlow Condensed Sans-Serif · 18 styles
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Noto Sans Telugu Sans-Serif · 9 styles
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Josefin Sans Sans-Serif · 14 styles
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Noto Sans SC Sans-Serif · 9 styles

How to choose a heading typeface

Heading typefaces do a different job than body typefaces. They are not asked to disappear gracefully into a column of running text — they are asked to grab attention, set tone, and communicate the personality of a brand or publication in a single line. Because of that, heading faces can take expressive risks that would be exhausting in a paragraph: dramatic weight contrast, condensed proportions, distinctive terminals, or eccentric details that give a page its identity.

The TypeCraft heading collection focuses on typefaces that are confident at large sizes. We include strong serifs (good for editorial and luxury brands), high-contrast modern serifs (good for fashion and beauty), assertive sans-serifs (good for tech, sport, and youth-facing work), and the bolder end of the display category (good for posters, packaging, and identity work). The shared thread is presence: every typeface in this list has been engineered to read at scale.

When you choose a heading face, pair it deliberately. The two most common mistakes designers make are picking a heading face that visually fights the body face and picking a heading face that is too similar to the body face to create real hierarchy. A safe starting point is to combine a serif heading with a sans-serif body, or vice versa. Browse the TypeCraft pairing guides for tested combinations, or read our buyer guide on the 20 best Google Fonts for headings for a curated short list.