86% MATCH

Cormorant × Lato

sans-serif  +  sans-serif

Cormorant's elegant display serif over Lato's warm humanist body pairs luxury with approachability — the high-contrast serif supplies refinement and drama up top while Lato keeps the reading friendly and legible, the str...

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Match scores

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

COMPOSITE MATCH
86 /100
Strong match
Class contrast 92
Role clarity 90
X-height harmony 76
Mood affinity 82
WHY IT WORKS
Structure meets readability

Cormorant's elegant display serif over Lato's warm humanist body pairs luxury with approachability — the high-contrast serif supplies refinement and drama up top while Lato keeps the reading friendly and legible, the strong sans/serif contrast making hierarchy effortless.

Where it shines

Fashion, lifestyle, wedding and editorial sites wanting an elegant headline over a warm, readable body.

Where to be careful

Set Cormorant large on light backgrounds so its hairlines stay crisp over Lato's sturdier body.

THE TYPEFACES
Meet the pair
Ag HEADING
Cormorant
sans-serif · Łukasz Dziedzic · 2010
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Thin Light Regular Bold Black
BEST FOR Headlines, labels, UI
Ag BODY
Lato
sans-serif · Łukasz Dziedzic · 2010
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Thin Light Regular Bold Black
BEST FOR Body text, quotes, long reads
GET THE PAIR
Drop it into your project

Add the fonts, then two rules — Cormorant for headings, Lato for everything you read.

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

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