RANK #04 85% MATCH

Poppins × PT Serif

sans-serif  +  sans-serif

PT Serif is a transitional serif built for readability that takes a quiet, trustworthy support role under Poppins's modern headings. Its transitional construction keeps the overall mood contemporary rather than old-fashi...

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Match scores

How Poppins 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 88
Role clarity 88
X-height harmony 80
Mood affinity 80
WHY IT WORKS
Structure meets readability

PT Serif is a transitional serif built for readability that takes a quiet, trustworthy support role under Poppins's modern headings. Its transitional construction keeps the overall mood contemporary rather than old-fashioned, and the sans/serif contrast holds the hierarchy cleanly.

Where it shines

Institutional, education and news-style layouts wanting a dependable, neutral body voice.

Where to be careful

PT Serif is understated by design — if you want more warmth in the body, Lora or Merriweather give you more character.

THE TYPEFACES
Meet the pair
Ag HEADING
Poppins
sans-serif · Indian Type Foundry (Jonny Pinhorn, Ninad Kale) · 2014
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Thin ExtraLight Light Regular Medium SemiBold
BEST FOR Headlines, labels, UI
Ag BODY
PT Serif
sans-serif · Indian Type Foundry (Jonny Pinhorn, Ninad Kale) · 2014
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Thin ExtraLight Light Regular Medium SemiBold
BEST FOR Body text, quotes, long reads
GET THE PAIR
Drop it into your project

Add the fonts, then two rules — Poppins 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=Poppins:wght@500;700&family=PT+Serif:wght@400;500&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
styles.css
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: "Poppins", sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}

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