Font pairings

Fonts that pair with IBM Plex Mono

Curated heading and body companions for IBM Plex Mono — free, open-licensed typefaces that complement its mono character, each shown with the reasoning behind the match. Preview every one in its own face, then hand the pairing to your agent.

mcpConnect your agent — pair IBM Plex Mono live

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared fonts endpoint and your agent can search this exact catalog and suggest pairings — list_fonts and suggest_fonts, read-only, no key.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/fonts/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-fonts https://mcp.brandsweets.com/fonts/mcp

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›suggest a heading and body pairing based on IBM Plex Mono

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Heading fonts for IBM Plex Mono

IBM Plex Sans

sansibm-plex100 · 200 · 300 · 400 · 500 · 600 · 700

Mike Abbink, Bold Monday · OFL-1.1

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Same superfamily as IBM Plex Mono — shared skeleton, natural heading pairing.

Roboto

sansroboto100 · 200 · 300 · 400 · 500 · 600 · 700 · 800 · 900

Christian Robertson, ParaType, Font Bureau · Apache-2.0

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fits heading; hand-vetted

Inter

sans100 · 200 · 300 · 400 · 500 · 600 · 700 · 800 · 900

Rasmus Andersson · OFL-1.1

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fits heading; hand-vetted

Montserrat

sans100 · 200 · 300 · 400 · 500 · 600 · 700 · 800 · 900

Julieta Ulanovsky, Sol Matas, Juan Pablo del Peral, Jacques Le Bailly · OFL-1.1

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fits heading; hand-vetted

Poppins

sans100 · 200 · 300 · 400 · 500 · 600 · 700 · 800 · 900

Indian Type Foundry, Jonny Pinhorn, Ninad Kale · OFL-1.1

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fits heading; hand-vetted

Lato

sans100 · 300 · 400 · 700 · 900

Łukasz Dziedzic · OFL-1.1

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fits heading; hand-vetted

Body fonts for IBM Plex Mono

IBM Plex Sans

sansibm-plex100 · 200 · 300 · 400 · 500 · 600 · 700

Mike Abbink, Bold Monday · OFL-1.1

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Same superfamily as IBM Plex Mono — shared skeleton, natural body pairing.

Open Sans

sans300 · 400 · 500 · 600 · 700 · 800

Steve Matteson · OFL-1.1

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fits body; hand-vetted

Roboto

sansroboto100 · 200 · 300 · 400 · 500 · 600 · 700 · 800 · 900

Christian Robertson, ParaType, Font Bureau · Apache-2.0

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fits body; hand-vetted

Inter

sans100 · 200 · 300 · 400 · 500 · 600 · 700 · 800 · 900

Rasmus Andersson · OFL-1.1

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fits body; hand-vetted

Lato

sans100 · 300 · 400 · 700 · 900

Łukasz Dziedzic · OFL-1.1

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fits body; hand-vetted

Nunito

sans200 · 300 · 400 · 500 · 600 · 700 · 800 · 900

Vernon Adams, Cyreal, Jacques Le Bailly · OFL-1.1

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fits body; hand-vetted