How to use Font Compare Tools
Use Font Pairing Tester to place a heading font and a body font in one combined preview. Choose both fonts, then adjust the size, weight, line height, and sample text for each role. Keeping the two roles visible together lets you inspect the pairing while those settings change.
- Open Font Pairing Tester.
- Choose the heading font and body font you want to compare.
- Adjust the size and weight for each font role.
- Change the line height and sample text to match the layout you are checking.
- Read the combined preview as you compare the two font roles.
Compare heading and body fonts in one preview
Read the two fonts together, then change one setting at a time when you want to see what affects their scale, weight, or spacing.
Keep the sample text unchanged while comparing font choices. The preview then keeps the words constant as you adjust the fonts. Replace the sample text when you want to inspect different copy.
What Font Pairing Tester controls change
Size changes the scale of the selected heading or body role. Weight changes how heavy it appears. Line height changes the vertical space around the text. Sample text changes the words shown in the preview, so you can inspect the pair with the copy you plan to use.
- Adjust heading font size to compare the title's scale with the body text.
- Adjust body font size to compare the supporting text with the heading.
- Change weight to inspect a lighter or heavier version of either role.
- Change line height to review the space around the text.
- Change sample text to review the pairing with different words.
When to compare font pairings
Compare a proposed heading and body combination before you add the fonts to a page design. Keep the heading font fixed while you check different body fonts, or keep the body font fixed while you check different heading fonts.
When one role is already decided, leave that font in place and change the other. Use the same size, weight, line height, and sample text settings while you compare the results.
When Font Tools is the better starting point
Choose Font Compare Tools when you are checking how a heading font and body font work together. Open Font Tools when you need to convert or subset font files, preview a font, compare fonts, or generate CSS for font files. Font Compare Tools stays focused on the shared pairing preview.
Frequently asked questions
How do I compare a heading font and a body font?
Open Font Pairing Tester and inspect both roles in the combined preview. Adjust the size, weight, line height, or sample text for either font while keeping the two fonts together.
What does a font pairing tester show?
Font Pairing Tester shows a heading font and a body font in one combined preview. It has separate controls for the size, weight, line height, and sample text of each role.
Can I change the sample text in a font comparison?
Yes. Font Pairing Tester lets you change the sample text. Keep the words the same while comparing options, or enter the copy from the page you are designing.
Where can I generate CSS for a font?
Open Font Tools for CSS generation and other font-file tasks. Use Font Compare Tools to inspect a heading and body pairing in one preview.