RANK #08 85% MATCH

Quattrocento × Work Sans

serif  +  Body

Flip the order: a wide, stately Quattrocento headline over Work Sans's clean grotesque body. The classic serif supplies a traditional, characterful headline while Work Sans keeps the reading text contemporary and neutral...

Headings + Body Google Fonts Free
Match scores

How Quattrocento and Work Sans 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 84
X-height harmony 82
Mood affinity 80
WHY IT WORKS
Structure meets readability

Flip the order: a wide, stately Quattrocento headline over Work Sans's clean grotesque body. The classic serif supplies a traditional, characterful headline while Work Sans keeps the reading text contemporary and neutral, the class contrast carrying the hierarchy.

Where it shines

Editorial and design-led sites wanting a classic serif headline over a modern, neutral body.

Where to be careful

Quattrocento headlines run wide — give them room, and use Work Sans's text weights for comfortable body.

THE TYPEFACES
Meet the pair
Ag HEADING
serif · Pablo Impallari · 2011
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Regular Bold
BEST FOR Headlines, labels, UI
Ag BODY
Google Fonts typeface
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
BEST FOR Body text, quotes, long reads
GET THE PAIR
Drop it into your project

Add the fonts, then two rules — Quattrocento for headings, Work Sans for everything you read.

index.html
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Quattrocento:wght@500;700&family=Work+Sans:wght@400;500&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
styles.css
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: "Quattrocento", sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}

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