84% MATCH

Karla × PT Serif

sans-serif  +  serif

Karla's grotesque headings over PT Serif's calm transitional body pair a characterful modern sans with a neutral, readable serif — Karla leads with personality while PT Serif keeps the reading steady, the class contrast...

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Match scores

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

COMPOSITE MATCH
84 /100
Reliable choice
Class contrast 88
Role clarity 84
X-height harmony 82
Mood affinity 80
WHY IT WORKS
Structure meets readability

Karla's grotesque headings over PT Serif's calm transitional body pair a characterful modern sans with a neutral, readable serif — Karla leads with personality while PT Serif keeps the reading steady, the class contrast giving clean hierarchy.

Where it shines

Corporate and editorial sites wanting a modern headline over a neutral serif body.

Where to be careful

Head with a heavier Karla weight so the grotesque headline leads PT Serif's calm body.

THE TYPEFACES
Meet the pair
Ag HEADING
Karla
sans-serif · Jonathan Pinhorn · 2012
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
ExtraLight Light Regular Medium SemiBold Bold
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 — Karla 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=Karla:wght@500;700&family=PT+Serif:wght@400;500&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
styles.css
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: "Karla", 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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