10 Elegant font combination ideas for your Pixieset Website

Typography is an important and powerful part of your website design. It can make or break the impression you create for your prospects. Yet how do you choose the right font? And which fonts will look good together? This article is exactly about that. Our design team created 10 elegant font combination examples that you can easily apply into your Pixieset website, and always look professional, stylish and confident online.

The options are broken down by various styles. Whether you're looking for something elegant and timeless, minimal and airy, bold and fearless, playful and upbeat - there's an option that will fit your needs best.

If you wonder how these can be applied into your Pixieset Website, we've linked a tutorial at the bottom of the article.

Classic Font Combinations for Your Photography Website

#1: Fonts - Forum & Playfair Display

This font combination is perfect for those who want a timeless, classic look and feel for their photography website. It will work lovely with a clean, airy layout design, and will equally highlight a light & airy portfolio, or a moodier one. 

Forum & Playfair Display font pairing

To apply this font combination to your Pixieset website, use the following settings:
Title - Forum
Subtitle - Playfair Display
Paragraph - Playfair Display
Button - Playfair Display

#2: Fonts - Pinyon Script, Montserrat & Cormorant Garamond

Another lovely font pairing that will help you add an elegant, classic feel to your website. The charming Pinyon Script, paired with the strict Montserrat, will add that playful romantic vibe, while positioning you as a trustworthy professional. 

Pinyon Script, Montserrat & Cormorant Garamond font pairing

To apply this font combination to your Pixieset website, use the following settings:
Title - Gilda Display
Subtitle - Helvetica
Paragraph - Gilda Display
Button - Helvetica

#3: Fonts - Old Standard TT, Montserrat & Spectral

Black is always in vogue, as are strict, classic fonts. If you're going for a dark and moody website design for your portrait, fashion or wedding portfolio - you'll love this font combination. It carries confidence and professionalism, while also keeping the spotlight on your photos.

Old Standard TT, Montserrat & Spectral font pairing

To apply this font combination to your Pixieset website, use the following settings:
Title - Old Standard TT
Subtitle - Montserrat
Paragraph - Montserrat
Button - Spectral

Minimal Font Combinations for Your Photography Website

#4: Fonts - Nixie One & Raleway

A clean, airy and impactful font combination that will add a timeless, yet also contemporary feel to your site. This pairing is perfect for photographers who have a luminous and minimal style, those who focus on product photography or portrait work. 

Nixie One & Raleway font pairing

To apply this font combination to your Pixieset website, use the following settings:
Title - Nixie One
Subtitle - Raleway
Paragraph - Raleway
Button - Raleway

#5: Fonts - Gilda Display & Helvetica

A font combination that will help you keep the user's focus on what matters - your portfolio. This option is great for any type of photographer, from family and weddings, to lifestyle couple shoot, or senior photos. Get creative and use this font combination as inspiration.

Gilda Display & Helvetica font pairing

To apply this font combination to your Pixieset website, use the following settings:
Title - Gilda Display
Subtitle - Helvetica
Paragraph - Gilda Display
Button - Helvetica

Adventurous Font Combinations for Your Photography Website

#6: Fonts - Cormorant Garamond & Lora

This font pairing combined with a dark, moody website layout speaks adventure, elopement and wanderlust right from the start. It feels bold, authentic and confident. It also sparks curiosity towards the person behind the brand. If you're a destination photographer, if you photograph elopements and breathtaking scenery - you will love this font combination.

Cormorant Garamond & Lora font pairing

To apply this font combination to your Pixieset website, use the following settings:
Title - Cormorant Garamond
Subtitle - Cormorant Garamond
Paragraph - Lora
Button - Lora

#7: Fonts - Alice & Open Sans

A playful and very cozy font combination for those who have a warmer, more intimate photography style. If you're all about showing love, details and in-between moments that make love stories and family sessions so special - this font pairing will brilliantly compliment your work and add that final touch to your website.

Alice & Open Sans font pairing

To apply this font combination to your Pixieset website, use the following settings:
Title - Alice
Subtitle - Alice
Paragraph - Open Sans
Button - Alice

#8: Fonts - Averia Serif Libre, Crimson Text & PT Sans Narrow

Are you into travel and landscape photography? Do you capture photos of wildlife and epic scenery? Then you'll love this font combination! Both, Averia Serif Libre and Crimson Text, add that typewriter feel to your site, infusing it with a charming hunger for travel and exploration.

Averia Serif Libre, Crimson Text & PT Sans Narrow font pairing

To apply this font combination to your Pixieset website, use the following settings:
Title - Averia Serif Libre
Subtitle - Crimson Text
Paragraph - Crimson Text
Button - PT Sans Narrow

Playful Font Combinations for Your Photography Website

#9: Fonts - Oswald, Syne & Roboto

Want a more playful, fun feel for your website, while preserving its professional, mature look? Then you'll want to try this font combination, paired with a fun accent color for your buttons. This option will serve perfectly family, portrait, lifestyle and product photographers. 

Oswald, Syne & Roboto font pairing

To apply this font combination to your Pixieset website, use the following settings:
Title - Oswald
Subtitle - Syne
Paragraph - Roboto
Button - Roboto

#10: Fonts - Recoleta, Orpheus Pro & Cardo

Who said that playful and romantic can't also look elegant? Because it can. Apply Recoleta, Orpheus Pro & Cardo to your Pixieset website, pair it up with a fun accent color sprinkled throughout your website layout - and you get a beautiful, whimsical site design. This font combination is perfect for wedding, engagement, family photographers, but also for those who have a more dreamy, editorial style when taking portraits and creating compositions.

Recoleta, Orpheus Pro & Cardo font pairing

To apply this font combination to your Pixieset website, use the following settings:
Title - Recoleta
Subtitle - Orpheus Pro
Paragraph - Cardo
Button - Recoleta


How to customize fonts on your Pixieset website

To explore all available font options and personalize how texts are displayed on your website, go to your Website dashboard > Design > Fonts. Choose the font theme that you want to try and click Edit to further explore styling options for titles, paragraph texts, button text, etc. In a few simple clicks you can fully transform the font family, weight, style, size, line height, and letter spacing of your typography system, bringing your own personalized font combinations to life. 

For an in-depth tutorial on how to customize your website fonts, please check this help article

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