RANK #03 85% MATCH

Inter × Vollkorn

sans-serif  +  serif

Inter's neutral, screen-tuned headlines over Vollkorn's warm serif body frame a hearty reading face with a clean modern headline — the contrast of cool sans and warm serif gives a balanced editorial-tech feel, with match...

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Match scores

How Inter and Vollkorn 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 88
Role clarity 86
X-height harmony 82
Mood affinity 82
WHY IT WORKS
Structure meets readability

Inter's neutral, screen-tuned headlines over Vollkorn's warm serif body frame a hearty reading face with a clean modern headline — the contrast of cool sans and warm serif gives a balanced editorial-tech feel, with matched x-heights keeping the sizes in sync.

Where it shines

Blogs, documentation and content products wanting a modern headline over a warm serif reading body.

Where to be careful

Inter is neutral as a headline — push its weight (700+) so it clearly leads Vollkorn's darker body.

THE TYPEFACES
Meet the pair
Ag HEADING
Inter
sans-serif · Rasmus Andersson · 2016
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Thin ExtraLight Light Regular Medium SemiBold
BEST FOR Headlines, labels, UI
Ag BODY
Vollkorn
serif · Friedrich Althausen · 2010
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Regular Medium SemiBold Bold ExtraBold Black
BEST FOR Body text, quotes, long reads
GET THE PAIR
Drop it into your project

Add the fonts, then two rules — Inter for headings, Vollkorn for everything you read.

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

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