RANK #10 78% MATCH

Oswald × EB Garamond

sans-serif  +  serif

Oswald's tall, condensed caps against EB Garamond's wide, classical body is a strong magazine-style pairing — the width and class differences both drive hierarchy, and Garamond brings a refined reading body beneath the b...

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Match scores

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

COMPOSITE MATCH
78 /100
Reliable choice
Class contrast 88
Role clarity 84
X-height harmony 62
Mood affinity 72
WHY IT WORKS
Structure meets readability

Oswald's tall, condensed caps against EB Garamond's wide, classical body is a strong magazine-style pairing — the width and class differences both drive hierarchy, and Garamond brings a refined reading body beneath the bold headlines.

Where it shines

Magazine and news-style editorial wanting punchy condensed headlines over a refined reading body.

Where to be careful

Size EB Garamond up — its small x-height needs help so it doesn't read as weak beneath Oswald's bold caps.

THE TYPEFACES
Meet the pair
Ag HEADING
Oswald
sans-serif · Vernon Adams · 2011
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 — Oswald 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=Oswald:wght@500;700&family=EB+Garamond:wght@400;500&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
styles.css
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: "Oswald", 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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