86% MATCH

Lato × Vollkorn

sans-serif  +  sans-serif

Lato's warm humanist headlines over Vollkorn's hearty serif body pair two friendly faces from opposite sides of the sans/serif line — Lato gives an approachable modern headline while Vollkorn keeps the reading warm and c...

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Match scores

How Lato and Vollkorn 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 90
Role clarity 88
X-height harmony 80
Mood affinity 82
WHY IT WORKS
Structure meets readability

Lato's warm humanist headlines over Vollkorn's hearty serif body pair two friendly faces from opposite sides of the sans/serif line — Lato gives an approachable modern headline while Vollkorn keeps the reading warm and comfortable.

Where it shines

Content, editorial and corporate sites wanting a warm sans headline over a cozy serif body.

Where to be careful

Both are warm and fairly even — push Lato's weight so the headline clearly leads Vollkorn's body.

THE TYPEFACES
Meet the pair
Ag HEADING
Lato
sans-serif · Łukasz Dziedzic · 2010
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Thin Light Regular Bold Black
BEST FOR Headlines, labels, UI
Ag BODY
Vollkorn
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 — Lato for headings, Vollkorn for everything you read.

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

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