TYPEMATCHSEO
Launch

TYPEMATCH.

V2.1

Browse Directory
700
400
PAIRING ID: ARV-LEX // ETHOS: SERIF + SANS-SERIF

Balancing Arvo with Lexend

Build a contrast-first system where Arvo leads and Lexend keeps long-form content legible.

Display Face

Arvo

Weight: 700

Body Face

Lexend

Weight: 400

This pairing is engineered for teams that need a clear hierarchy without sacrificing brand voice. Arvo brings geometric, slab, strong energy to hero units, pricing sections, and campaign headlines. Lexend absorbs the heavy lifting for paragraphs, product storytelling, and UI labels with its accessible, readable, educational texture and dependable rhythm. Together they create a typography stack that scales from high-impact landing pages to dense documentation without retooling your CSS tokens.

Typographic Hierarchy & Scale

H1The Quick Fox
H2The Quick Fox
H3The Quick Fox
PThe quick brown fox jumps over...
Dark Context
Aa

High contrast negative space.

Accent
Gg

Legibility on high-chroma.

Pairing Strategy

Balancing Arvo with Lexend

Build a contrast-first system where Arvo leads and Lexend keeps long-form content legible.

This pairing is engineered for teams that need a clear hierarchy without sacrificing brand voice. Arvo brings geometric, slab, strong energy to hero units, pricing sections, and campaign headlines. Lexend absorbs the heavy lifting for paragraphs, product storytelling, and UI labels with its accessible, readable, educational texture and dependable rhythm. Together they create a typography stack that scales from high-impact landing pages to dense documentation without retooling your CSS tokens.

Arvo thrives as a headline face thanks to its geometric, slab, strong qualities. Use weights 700–900 for crisp editorial lockups.
Lexend excels in paragraphs and UI thanks to its accessible, readable, educational traits. Keep it between weights 400–600 for optimal readability.
Hierarchy guidance: run a 1:1.4 modular scale and reserve Arvo for H1–H3 while Lexend powers captions, body copy, and data tables.

Best-Fit Use Cases

  • High-growth SaaS landing pages that require geometric hero statements with trustworthy product copy.
  • Editorial magazines and thought-leadership hubs where Arvo can dramatize pull quotes while Lexend keeps 1,500-word essays skimmable.
  • Conversion funnels or onboarding flows that need Lexend's accessible voice to balance Arvo's attention-grabbing display.

Accessibility Notes

Maintain a minimum 4.5:1 contrast ratio for Lexend body copy and loosen letter-spacing to 0.01em for uppercase Arvo moments. Pairing different categories demands disciplined color pairing—test both light and dark themes to ensure Lexend does not bloom at small sizes.

CSS Implementation Cheatsheet

:root {
  --tm-header-family: 'Arvo', serif;
  --tm-body-family: 'Lexend', sans-serif;
  --tm-header-weight: 700;
  --tm-body-weight: 400;
  --tm-header-tracking: -0.01em;
  --tm-body-tracking: 0em;
}
Heading scale: clamp(2.75rem, 4.5vw, 5.25rem) for H1, clamp(1.5rem, 2.8vw, 3rem) for H2, and keep paragraph size at 1rem–1.125rem with 1.6 line-height.
Component guidance: Buttons inherit Arvo at 700 for momentum, while forms, tables, and footnotes stay on Lexend with 400 weight for predictable kerning.

FAQs

Why does Arvo make sense as the lead font?

Arvo owns the emotional register of this system. Its geometric, slab, strong profile helps anchor campaign creative, meaning marketing and product teams can reuse the same voice without reinventing the scale.

Where should Lexend show up?

Lexend is the workhorse. Keep it in paragraphs, long-form editorial, knowledge bases, or anywhere legibility is non-negotiable. Its accessible, readable, educational qualities reduce fatigue on dense layouts.

Does this pairing support complex localization?

Yes—both families are available on Google Fonts with generous glyph coverage. Test cyrillic/latin accents early, but most Latin-based locales and UI patterns are fully supported.