Lexend Font Pairing Ideas: For Easy To Read Designs

When building a website it is incredibly important that the font you choose is easy to read and accessible to anyone who visits your website. In today’s article, we are going to take a deep dive into the Lexend Font family which has been specifically designed to be one of the easiest fonts to read. We also take a look at some Lexend font pairings to see how different fonts can work together to create the perfect design.

About The Lexend Font

The Lexend fonts were the brainchild of Bonnie Shaver-Troup, an Educational Therapist who saw that reading problems often limited people’s true potential. After lots of research and testing the Lexend fonts were born which she found could significantly improve reading performance. This was especially true for people with dyslexia or reading challenges. Check out the Lexend Font website if you would like to learn more about this really interesting font!

The Lexend Font Families

The Lexend Font comes in seven font families with each font coming with different font weights ranging from Thin to Black so they are incredibly versatile and can she just about every design.

These are the fonts within the Lexend Font Family:

• Lexend
• Lexend Deca
• Lexend Exa
• Lexend Giga
• Lexend Peta
• Lexend Mega
• Lexend Tera

Lexend Font Family Comparisons

To give you an idea of what the Lexend font families look like I put together a quick comparison diagram.

Lexend Font Pairing Ideas

Let’s jump in and take a look at some Lexend font pairing ideas and some of the ways that you can either use the Lexend fonts together or with other font combinations.

If you would like to learn how to create your own font combinations, then check out our Font Pairing guide where we cover some common do’s and don’ts in font pairing.

Lexend & Lexend Font Combinations

Because the Lexend font families were designed to be some of the easiest fonts to read, it makes sense to use combinations of the Lexend fonts to create your designs if readability is what you are after. And if I’m honest, I prefer pairing Lexend fonts with Lexend fonts. Here are a few ideas to get you started:

Lexend Mega & Lexend

Combine Lexend Mega with Lexend to create an eye-catching heading and body text pairing.

• Lexend Mega: Regular 400
• Lexend: Regular 400

Lexend Exa & Lexend Deca

By using different font weights, you can change the way the Lexend Font is displayed. You can also use combinations of uppercase and lowercase letters as well as italics.

• Lexend Exa: Black 900, Uppercase
• Lexend Deca: Regular 400, Italics

Lexend & Lexend Peta

You can also test and experiment with font size to create an eye-catching design.

• Lexend: Black 900, Size 58px
• Lexend Peta: Light 300, Size 14px

Other Google Fonts to Pair with Lexend

If you are keen on using Lexend as one of your fonts, and you would like to get a little more creative with your second font choice, then here are a couple of ideas for you to try. I’ve tried to include examples using different types of fonts such as Slab Fonts, Serif Fonts, Sans-Serif Fonts as well as Display Fonts.

Check out our Google Font Pairing Tool if you would like to experiment with your own font combinations and pairings!

Is Lexend Font Free?

Yes, it is! You can download it for free from the Google Fonts Library along with any of the other fonts that you see here.

Conclusion

Lexend is a wonderful font that is versatile and easy to read. It was designed specifically to help improve readability so it is a great font choice for teachers, parents, designers, or anyone else who wants to prioritize the legibility of their text.

I hope that this Lexend font pairing guide has helped you come up with some of your own ideas and combinations! Happy designing!