PT Sans

PT Sans is a sans-serif family with a clear, approachable look for everyday text and interface work. Its regular and bold weights, together with matching italic styles, provide a compact set of tools for headings, labels, paragraphs, and emphasis. It may suit designs that need readable structure without elaborate contrast.

Best suited for: Use PT Sans for website navigation, application interfaces, documentation, editorial pages, forms, and general-purpose branding. Regular can handle paragraphs and supporting text, while bold helps distinguish headings, buttons, short notices, and key labels. Italic offers a simple way to mark emphasis, references, or secondary notes.

Design considerations: With only 400 and 700 weights, the family creates a clear light-to-strong hierarchy rather than a broad range of subtle levels. Reserve bold for meaningful emphasis so it remains effective, and use regular for longer passages. Normal and italic styles allow emphasis within text, though the limited weight selection may call for spacing, size, or layout changes when more hierarchy is needed.

Pairing guidance: PT Sans can work with a serif that adds a more traditional reading texture to long-form copy, especially when PT Sans handles headings or interface elements. It can also pair with a narrower sans-serif for compact labels, provided the contrast is visible. Keep the companion family restrained, and use differences in width, stroke character, or classification to separate roles.