RANK #04 84% MATCH

Dosis × PT Serif

sans-serif  +  serif

Dosis's rounded headlines over PT Serif's sturdy, neutral serif body pair a soft display voice with a calm, readable reading face — the geometric headline leads while PT Serif carries comfortable text, the sans/serif con...

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Match scores

How Dosis and PT Serif score across four checks — class contrast, role clarity, x-height harmony and mood affinity. Higher is better.

COMPOSITE MATCH
84 /100
Reliable choice
Class contrast 86
Role clarity 86
X-height harmony 82
Mood affinity 80
WHY IT WORKS
Structure meets readability

Dosis's rounded headlines over PT Serif's sturdy, neutral serif body pair a soft display voice with a calm, readable reading face — the geometric headline leads while PT Serif carries comfortable text, the sans/serif contrast doing the hierarchy.

Where it shines

Content, corporate and editorial sites wanting a soft headline over a neutral serif body.

Where to be careful

Keep Dosis at a confident weight so its light strokes lead PT Serif's even body.

THE TYPEFACES
Meet the pair
Ag HEADING
sans-serif · Edgar Tolentino, Pablo Impallari, Igino Marini · 2011
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
ExtraLight Light Regular Medium SemiBold Bold
BEST FOR Headlines, labels, UI
Ag BODY
serif · Alexandra Korolkova, Olga Umpeleva (ParaType) · 2010
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Regular Bold
BEST FOR Body text, quotes, long reads
GET THE PAIR
Drop it into your project

Add the fonts, then two rules — Dosis for headings, PT Serif for everything you read.

index.html
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Dosis:wght@500;700&family=PT+Serif:wght@400;500&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
styles.css
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: "Dosis", sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}

body, p {
  font-family: "PT Serif", serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.7;
}
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