TYPEMATCHSEO
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PAIRING ID: AVE-HOL // ETHOS: SERIF + SERIF

Systematizing Average & Holtwood One SC

Build a mono-category system where Average leads and Holtwood One SC keeps long-form content legible.

Display Face

Average

Weight: 700

Body Face

Holtwood One SC

Weight: 400

This pairing is engineered for teams that need a clear hierarchy without sacrificing brand voice. Average brings text, neutral, readable energy to hero units, pricing sections, and campaign headlines. Holtwood One SC absorbs the heavy lifting for paragraphs, product storytelling, and UI labels with its heavy, slab, wood-type 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

Systematizing Average & Holtwood One SC

Build a mono-category system where Average leads and Holtwood One SC keeps long-form content legible.

This pairing is engineered for teams that need a clear hierarchy without sacrificing brand voice. Average brings text, neutral, readable energy to hero units, pricing sections, and campaign headlines. Holtwood One SC absorbs the heavy lifting for paragraphs, product storytelling, and UI labels with its heavy, slab, wood-type 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.

Average thrives as a headline face thanks to its text, neutral, readable qualities. Use weights 400–600 for crisp editorial lockups.
Holtwood One SC excels in paragraphs and UI thanks to its heavy, slab, wood-type traits. Keep it between weights 400–600 for optimal readability.
Hierarchy guidance: run a 1:1.2 modular scale and reserve Average for H1–H3 while Holtwood One SC powers captions, body copy, and data tables.

Best-Fit Use Cases

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

Accessibility Notes

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

CSS Implementation Cheatsheet

:root {
  --tm-header-family: 'Average', serif;
  --tm-body-family: 'Holtwood One SC', serif;
  --tm-header-weight: 400;
  --tm-body-weight: 400;
  --tm-header-tracking: -0.01em;
  --tm-body-tracking: -0.005em;
}
Heading scale: clamp(2.75rem, 3.6vw, 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 Average at 400 for momentum, while forms, tables, and footnotes stay on Holtwood One SC with 400 weight for predictable kerning.

FAQs

Why does Average make sense as the lead font?

Average owns the emotional register of this system. Its text, neutral, readable profile helps anchor campaign creative, meaning marketing and product teams can reuse the same voice without reinventing the scale.

Where should Holtwood One SC show up?

Holtwood One SC is the workhorse. Keep it in paragraphs, long-form editorial, knowledge bases, or anywhere legibility is non-negotiable. Its heavy, slab, wood-type 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.