Editorial
Typography Blog
Practical articles on font pairings, fluid typography, WCAG contrast, and design token workflows. Written for designers and developers who ship.
A case for single-family typography systems (DM Sans, Barlow, Ubuntu) with examples and the situations where a pairing is still the better choice.
A typography setup for dev docs that covers body, code blocks, callouts, and inline code, using Inter, JetBrains Mono, and the FontBlend type scale.
A walkthrough of exporting a brand kit (colors, type scale, fonts) as JSON tokens, CSS variables, and Tailwind config, with the FontBlend brand kit tool.
A side-by-side comparison of JetBrains Mono and Fira Code on ligatures, weights, x-height, and readability in real code samples.
A decision-tree walkthrough that takes a reader from project type (SaaS, editorial, e-commerce, portfolio) to a recommended font and pairing.
A comparison of common type scale ratios (minor third, major third, perfect fourth, golden ratio) with the same body size, side by side.
Why OKLCH interpolation makes smoother CSS gradients than RGB or HSL, with worked examples and a link to the FontBlend gradient generator.
A comparison of self-hosted Google Fonts versus the Google Fonts CDN on Core Web Vitals, privacy, and developer ergonomics, with measured LCP deltas.
A summary of the WCAG 2.2 contrast requirements (the AA 4.5:1 and AAA 7:1 thresholds) and how to verify them with the FontBlend contrast checker.
A step-by-step tutorial on building a fluid type scale with clamp(), with worked examples and a link to the FontBlend fluid type generator.
Seven practical rules for pairing fonts, each demonstrated with a real pairing from the FontBlend catalog and the reason it works.
A curated, tested set of Google Font pairings for 2026, each with a live preview, contrast score, and the use case it suits best.
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