RANK #08 79% MATCH

Roboto × EB Garamond

sans-serif  +  serif

This is the modern-meets-classical pairing: Roboto's clean, contemporary headings over EB Garamond's warm old-style body. The tension between the two registers feels considered and a little elevated, and Garamond gives l...

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

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

COMPOSITE MATCH
79 /100
Reliable choice
Class contrast 90
Role clarity 84
X-height harmony 62
Mood affinity 70
WHY IT WORKS
Structure meets readability

This is the modern-meets-classical pairing: Roboto's clean, contemporary headings over EB Garamond's warm old-style body. The tension between the two registers feels considered and a little elevated, and Garamond gives long body text a literary quality Roboto can't.

Where it shines

Editorial, publishing, premium and long-read layouts where a classical body voice suits the content.

Where to be careful

Real attribute clash: EB Garamond has a small x-height and Roboto has a tall one, so at equal point sizes the body looks too small. Size EB Garamond up 1–2px and give it open line-height, or the hierarchy reads as an accident.

THE TYPEFACES
Meet the pair
Ag HEADING
Roboto
sans-serif · Christian Robertson · 2011
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Thin Light Regular Medium Bold Black
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 — Roboto 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=Roboto:wght@500;700&family=EB+Garamond:wght@400;500&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
styles.css
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: "Roboto", 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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