RANK #03 85% MATCH

League Spartan × PT Serif

sans-serif  +  serif

League Spartan's bold geometric headlines over PT Serif's calm transitional body pair strong display with a neutral, readable serif — the impactful sans commands the headline while PT Serif keeps the reading steady, the...

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

How League Spartan and PT Serif 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 PT Serif's calm transitional body pair strong display with a neutral, readable serif — the impactful sans commands the headline while PT Serif keeps the reading steady, the class contrast holding hierarchy.

Where it shines

Corporate, editorial and content sites wanting bold headlines over a neutral serif body.

Where to be careful

Keep headlines short so the heavy geometric caps lead PT Serif's even body.

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
PT Serif
serif · Alexandra Korolkova, Olga Umpeleva (ParaType) · 2010
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Regular 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, PT Serif 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=PT+Serif: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: "PT Serif", serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.7;
}
MORE PAIRINGS
Other ways to use League Spartan
All League Spartan pairings
Ag × Ag
League Spartan + Merriweather

League Spartan's bold geometric headlines over Merriweather's sturdy serif body pair high-impact display with a comfortable reading face — t...

86% match Rank #01
Ag × Ag
League Spartan + League Spartan

League Spartan's bold geometric headlines over Lora's warm literary body pair strong display with a comfortable reading face — the impactful...

86% match Rank #02
Ag × Ag
League Spartan + Vollkorn

League Spartan's bold geometric headlines over Vollkorn's warm, hearty serif body pair high-impact display with a comfortable reading face —...

85% match Rank #04
THE FONTPAIR JOURNAL

Get the pairing notes, weekly.

One short email a week — a new pairing, a specimen, and a tip. No spam.