RANK #04 86% MATCH

Open Sans × Quattrocento

sans-serif  +  serif

Open Sans's neutral headlines over Quattrocento's classic serif body let the serif supply all the character below a clean, frictionless headline — a safe, professional system where the sans/serif contrast carries the hie...

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Match scores

How Open Sans 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 86
X-height harmony 82
Mood affinity 82
WHY IT WORKS
Structure meets readability

Open Sans's neutral headlines over Quattrocento's classic serif body let the serif supply all the character below a clean, frictionless headline — a safe, professional system where the sans/serif contrast carries the hierarchy.

Where it shines

Content, corporate and documentation sites wanting a neutral headline over a warm classic serif body.

Where to be careful

Open Sans is neutral — push heading weight so it clearly leads, and size Quattrocento up for comfortable reading.

THE TYPEFACES
Meet the pair
Ag HEADING
Open Sans
sans-serif · Steve Matteson · 2011
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Light Regular Medium SemiBold Bold ExtraBold
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 — Open Sans 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=Open+Sans:wght@500;700&family=Quattrocento:wght@400;500&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
styles.css
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: "Open Sans", 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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