RANK #08 82% MATCH

Roboto Slab × Work Sans

serif  +  Body

Work Sans is a low-contrast grotesque that reads cleanly as body under Roboto Slab's slab headings, giving a slightly more contemporary, characterful body than the pure neutrals while still ceding the lead.

Headings + Body Google Fonts Free
Open in Studio Copy CSS
Match scores

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

COMPOSITE MATCH
82 /100
Reliable choice
Class contrast 80
Role clarity 84
X-height harmony 84
Mood affinity 82
WHY IT WORKS
Structure meets readability

Work Sans is a low-contrast grotesque that reads cleanly as body under Roboto Slab's slab headings, giving a slightly more contemporary, characterful body than the pure neutrals while still ceding the lead.

Where it shines

Modern editorial and design-led product sites wanting a slab heading with a contemporary body.

Where to be careful

Use Work Sans's text weights for body — its display weights are tighter and less comfortable at length.

THE TYPEFACES
Meet the pair
Ag HEADING
Roboto Slab
serif · Christian Robertson · 2013
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Thin Light Regular Medium Bold Black
BEST FOR Headlines, labels, UI
Ag BODY
Work Sans
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 — Roboto Slab 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=Roboto+Slab:wght@500;700&family=Work+Sans:wght@400;500&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
styles.css
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: "Roboto Slab", 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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