Font Pairings for Quiche Text / Quiche Text Medium

January 4, 2025 6:07 PM

I'm looking for good fonts to pair with Quiche Text. Quiche is a logo font and could conceivably be used for headers where appropriate. I'm looking for a professional looking serif font for documents (reports, correspondence etc.) and a sans-serif font for decks/online materials. Prefer fonts that come standard with windows/office or that are included in AdobeFonts. Or, you know, cheap or free.

Also open to hearing advice about things to look for in a font that will pair well, especially if they are things I can filter for in font search sites (e.g. make sure it is/isn't a two-story lower-case A, or whatever...I'm not really sure what else might make a font compatible or not, so you know, open to any kind of advice on this).

posted by If only I had a penguin... to Grab Bag (3 answers total)

Best answer: Quiche is tough because it's a slightly serify sans-serif. For the sans serif I'd consider two directions: either something that reads very like the Quiche (wide and low) so it recedes a little, or something that's a foil for the Quiche--tall and narrow. For the first, something like Open Sans could work. For the second, something like Cooper Hewitt Condensed. Personally I like the Open Sans option, but at this level some of what you want to solve for is brand identity or style. Helvetica's back in style (again) so Neue Helvetica would be a option.

For the serif option, I'd say to keep it as neutral as possible to ensure Quiche's subtle elements still register. Aim for something that no one's going to look at and say, "Ooh, nice typeface!" Garamond? Garamond's serifs are a little too rustic to me in the bold, but the regular weight works well. Fenix? Caslon?

Sample of above at this link.

Things to avoid, in my opinion:
- Grotesk families that will have similar thick-to-thin strokes as Quiche
- Slab serifs because they'll make Quiche look under-powered
- Elegant display serifs like Playfair and Bodoni that have stark thin serifs to thick strokes
posted by cocoagirl at 7:46 PM on January 4 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Lato. I was recently looking at Speculative Insight and the body and header combination was literally remarkable -- I made my spouse come over and look at the page because the typography is just lovely. Lato, a perfectly fine typeface, has been rendered as something perfect by spacing, kerning and weight. Similar treatment would work well when paired with Quiche.
posted by DarlingBri at 5:52 AM on January 5

Response by poster: Thank you! I think I'm going with Fenix and Lato. I'm a little concerned that Fenix only has one version (just regular), but it looks like the designer is working on a new version.

I don't think I'm going to do Lato justice, DarlingBri. I'm just going to type with it and let Word worry about the kerning and weight and spacing. But perfectly fine is perfectly fine for my purposes. :)

Now if I can get these into a PDF I'll be golden.
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 12:06 AM on January 6