80% MATCH

League Spartan × Roboto

sans-serif  +  sans-serif

League Spartan's bold geometric headlines over Roboto's clean, slightly mechanical body keep the system modern and highly readable — the strong display sans leads while Roboto recedes into neutral reading text. Weight an...

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Match scores

How League Spartan and Roboto score across four checks — class contrast, role clarity, x-height harmony and mood affinity. Higher is better.

COMPOSITE MATCH
80 /100
Reliable choice
Class contrast 72
Role clarity 86
X-height harmony 84
Mood affinity 80
WHY IT WORKS
Structure meets readability

League Spartan's bold geometric headlines over Roboto's clean, slightly mechanical body keep the system modern and highly readable — the strong display sans leads while Roboto recedes into neutral reading text. Weight and shape make the contrast.

Where it shines

App, product and startup sites wanting bold headlines over a neutral, highly readable body.

Where to be careful

Both are sans — push a heavy League Spartan weight and large size so the headline leads Roboto's even body.

THE TYPEFACES
Meet the pair
Ag HEADING
League Spartan
sans-serif · Christian Robertson · 2011
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Thin Light Regular Medium Bold Black
BEST FOR Headlines, labels, UI
Ag BODY
Roboto
sans-serif · Christian Robertson · 2011
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Thin Light Regular Medium Bold Black
BEST FOR Body text, quotes, long reads
GET THE PAIR
Drop it into your project

Add the fonts, then two rules — League Spartan for headings, Roboto for everything you read.

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

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