RANK #03 86% MATCH

Lato × Quattrocento

sans-serif  +  serif

Lato's warm humanist headlines over Quattrocento's classic serif body pair two faces with a friendly temperament from opposite sides of the sans/serif line — Lato gives an approachable modern headline while Quattrocento...

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Match scores

How Lato and Quattrocento 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 Quattrocento's classic serif body pair two faces with a friendly temperament from opposite sides of the sans/serif line — Lato gives an approachable modern headline while Quattrocento keeps the reading text warm and traditional.

Where it shines

Corporate, editorial and content sites wanting a warm sans headline over a classic serif body.

Where to be careful

Give Quattrocento comfortable size and leading so its wider, lower-x-height body sits easily under Lato's headlines.

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
Quattrocento
serif · Pablo Impallari · 2011
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 — Lato for headings, Quattrocento 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=Quattrocento: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: "Quattrocento", serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.7;
}
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