RANK #07 80% MATCH

Nunito Sans × EB Garamond

sans-serif  +  serif

Nunito Sans's rounded, friendly headings soften EB Garamond's formality, making a classical body feel more approachable. The sans/serif contrast still supplies clean hierarchy.

Headings + Body Google Fonts Free
Open in Studio Copy CSS
Match scores

How Nunito Sans and EB Garamond score across four checks — class contrast, role clarity, x-height harmony and mood affinity. Higher is better.

COMPOSITE MATCH
80 /100
Reliable choice
Class contrast 88
Role clarity 84
X-height harmony 66
Mood affinity 74
WHY IT WORKS
Structure meets readability

Nunito Sans's rounded, friendly headings soften EB Garamond's formality, making a classical body feel more approachable. The sans/serif contrast still supplies clean hierarchy.

Where it shines

Lifestyle, wellness and warm editorial brands wanting classical reading with a friendly face.

Where to be careful

The rounding reads informal against Garamond's formality — fine if that softness is intended; size the body up regardless.

THE TYPEFACES
Meet the pair
Ag HEADING
Nunito Sans
sans-serif · Vernon Adams, Jacques Le Bailly, Manvel Shmavonyan · 2016
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
ExtraLight Light Regular Medium SemiBold Bold
BEST FOR Headlines, labels, UI
Ag BODY
EB Garamond
serif · Georg Duffner & Octavio Pardo · 2011
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Regular Medium SemiBold Bold ExtraBold
BEST FOR Body text, quotes, long reads
GET THE PAIR
Drop it into your project

Add the fonts, then two rules — Nunito Sans for headings, EB Garamond for everything you read.

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

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