RANK #07 84% MATCH

Raleway × Bitter

sans-serif  +  serif

Raleway's elegant geometric headlines over Bitter's slab serif body pair a refined display voice with a sturdy, screen-readable body — the stylish sans leads while Bitter gives the reading a solid, contemporary texture,...

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Match scores

How Raleway and Bitter 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

Raleway's elegant geometric headlines over Bitter's slab serif body pair a refined display voice with a sturdy, screen-readable body — the stylish sans leads while Bitter gives the reading a solid, contemporary texture, the class contrast holding hierarchy.

Where it shines

Design-led blogs and content sites wanting an elegant headline over a sturdy slab body.

Where to be careful

Give Bitter generous line-height, and head with a heavier Raleway weight so the caps lead.

THE TYPEFACES
Meet the pair
Ag HEADING
Raleway
sans-serif · Matt McInerney, Pablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida · 2010
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Thin ExtraLight Light Regular Medium SemiBold
BEST FOR Headlines, labels, UI
Ag BODY
Bitter
serif · Sol Matas (Huerta Tipografica) · 2011
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 — Raleway for headings, Bitter for everything you read.

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

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