Typefaces with clean lines and geometric shapes have been popular design tools for many years. One of the newer typefaces in this category is Poppins, which supports both the Devanagari and Latin writing systems. This makes it an ideal choice for international projects.
Each letterform is nearly monolinear, with optical corrections applied to stroke joints where necessary to maintain an even typographic color. The Devanagari base character height and the Latin ascender height are equal; the Latin capital letters are shorter than the Devanagari characters, and the Latin x-height is set rather high.
Poppins Font Combinations
Which font goes well with Poppins?
Poppins is geometric sans-serif with high x-height. The first thing to consider is the contrast meaning there is no good reason to combine Poppins with other similar sans-serif fonts. Best combination are probably serif fonts with high x-height.
Other thing to consider:
Apertures: An aperture is an opening in a letter form or a symbol.
Axis: The axis is an imaginary line drawn from top to bottom of a glyph that bisects the upper and lower strokes.
Letter forms comparison.
Poppins and Noto Serif Pairing
Noto Serif has also high x-height and similar apertures which makes it a great Poppins pairing. Poppins can be used as body font or headings font. In the example below Poppins is used for the heading (title) and Noto Serif is used as body text.
Noto Serif is a typeface designed for legible text in Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek scripts. It can also be used as a complementary typeface for other scripts.
Poppins and Bitter Font Pairing
Bitter is a slab serif typeface designed for comfortable reading on any computer or device. The robust design is based on the austerity of the pixel grid, and combines the large x-heights and legibility of the humanistic tradition with subtle characteristics in the characters that inject a certain rhythm to flowing texts.
Bitter works great with Poppins because they have similar x-height and aperture. They both can be used for the core body text or for the title. Here is Bitter e Poppins web demo.
Poppins and Merriweather Font Combination
Merriweather was designed so that it would be easy and comfortable to read on screens. The x height is much larger than normal, the letters are slightly condensed, there is a mild diagonal stress, and the serifs and open forms make it look strong and sturdy.
Merriweather is an excellent font pair match with Poppins and they bought work great as body or title text. They both have large x-height and similar letter forms. Here is Poppins and Merriweather web demo.
Poppins and Droid Serif Pairing
The Droid Serif typeface family is designed for comfortable reading on screen. To maximize the amount of text displayed on small screens, the font is slightly condensed. The vertical stress, sturdy serifs and open forms contribute to the readability of Droid Serif. Its proportion and overall design complement its companion Droid Sans.
Droid Serif is also a great match for the Poppins typeface. Thay have similar x-height and apertures. Droid Serif can be used for body text but also for heading (title) text.
Poppins and IBM Plex Serif Pairing
Plex is a distinctive, yet timeless workhorse—an alternative to Helvetica Neue for this new era. The Grotesque style was the perfect fit. Not only do these typefaces balance human and rational elements, but the Grotesque style also came about during the Industrial Age.
Poppins and Abril Fatface Pairing
The Abril Fatface typeface is inspired by the heavy titling fonts used in advertising posters in 19th century Britain and France. The thin serifs and clean curves lend the typeface a refined touch, giving any headline an elegant appearance.
