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lifeformed on May 4, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Best Practices of Combining Typefaces (2010)

The Google Fonts page has some recommended pairings for each font: https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Open+Sans#pairings

didgeoridoo on May 4, 2014 | [–]

I believe these pairings are based on the frequency they appear together on the web — not on any kind of aesthetic or functional judgment. I would take them with an enormous grain of salt.

nilliams on May 4, 2014 | [–]

Thanks for this, somehow I've never seen this before!

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