TYPEMATCHSEO
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V2.1

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PAIRING ID: MAR-CAR // ETHOS: SERIF + SERIF

Systematizing Markazi Text & Cardo

Build a mono-category system where Markazi Text leads and Cardo keeps long-form content legible.

Display Face

Markazi Text

Weight: 700

Body Face

Cardo

Weight: 400

This pairing is engineered for teams that need a clear hierarchy without sacrificing brand voice. Markazi Text brings arabic, text, classic energy to hero units, pricing sections, and campaign headlines. Cardo absorbs the heavy lifting for paragraphs, product storytelling, and UI labels with its classic, biblical, academic 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 Markazi Text & Cardo

Build a mono-category system where Markazi Text leads and Cardo keeps long-form content legible.

This pairing is engineered for teams that need a clear hierarchy without sacrificing brand voice. Markazi Text brings arabic, text, classic energy to hero units, pricing sections, and campaign headlines. Cardo absorbs the heavy lifting for paragraphs, product storytelling, and UI labels with its classic, biblical, academic 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.

Markazi Text thrives as a headline face thanks to its arabic, text, classic qualities. Use weights 700–900 for crisp editorial lockups.
Cardo excels in paragraphs and UI thanks to its classic, biblical, academic traits. Keep it between weights 400–600 for optimal readability.
Hierarchy guidance: run a 1:1.2 modular scale and reserve Markazi Text for H1–H3 while Cardo powers captions, body copy, and data tables.

Best-Fit Use Cases

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

Accessibility Notes

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

CSS Implementation Cheatsheet

:root {
  --tm-header-family: 'Markazi Text', serif;
  --tm-body-family: 'Cardo', serif;
  --tm-header-weight: 700;
  --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 Markazi Text at 700 for momentum, while forms, tables, and footnotes stay on Cardo with 400 weight for predictable kerning.

FAQs

Why does Markazi Text make sense as the lead font?

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

Where should Cardo show up?

Cardo is the workhorse. Keep it in paragraphs, long-form editorial, knowledge bases, or anywhere legibility is non-negotiable. Its classic, biblical, academic 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.