RANK #05 85% MATCH

League Spartan × Crimson Pro

sans-serif  +  serif

League Spartan's bold geometric headlines over Crimson Pro's old-style body pair strong modern display with a literary reading face — the impactful sans commands the headline while Crimson Pro carries elegant long-form t...

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Match scores

How League Spartan and Crimson Pro score across four checks — class contrast, role clarity, x-height harmony and mood affinity. Higher is better.

COMPOSITE MATCH
85 /100
Strong match
Class contrast 90
Role clarity 86
X-height harmony 80
Mood affinity 80
WHY IT WORKS
Structure meets readability

League Spartan's bold geometric headlines over Crimson Pro's old-style body pair strong modern display with a literary reading face — the impactful sans commands the headline while Crimson Pro carries elegant long-form text, the class contrast holding hierarchy.

Where it shines

Essays, journals and editorial sites wanting bold headlines over a classic reading body.

Where to be careful

Crimson Pro's x-height runs small — size the body up under League Spartan's heavy caps.

THE TYPEFACES
Meet the pair
Ag HEADING
League Spartan
sans-serif · Micah Rich, Tyler Finck (The League of Moveable Type) · 2014
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Thin ExtraLight Light Regular Medium SemiBold
BEST FOR Headlines, labels, UI
Ag BODY
Crimson Pro
serif · Sebastian Kosch, Jacques Le Bailly · 2018
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
ExtraLight Light Regular Medium SemiBold Bold
BEST FOR Body text, quotes, long reads
GET THE PAIR
Drop it into your project

Add the fonts, then two rules — League Spartan for headings, Crimson Pro for everything you read.

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

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