Arvo + Lato

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Grumpy wizards make toxic brew

A standfirst set in Lato, one size up — where a pairing starts earning trust.

The five boxing wizards jump quickly over the lazy dog, mixing jugs of quiet vodka while the jury watches. Click anywhere in this preview and type your own text to try the pairing.

“Type is a beautiful group of letters, not a group of beautiful letters.”

— Matthew Carter

Fig. 1 — Arvo over Lato, in the wild.

Arvo 700 / Lato 400 — click any section and type your own copy.

Why it works

Arvo's monoline slab serifs give headings a typewriter-adjacent solidity — dependable, a little retro — and Lato's humanist warmth keeps the body from feeling as mechanical as the slab might suggest. Both faces are geometric at heart, so their skeletons agree even though their textures differ sharply. This is a quietly confident pairing for resumes, personal sites and blogs that want structure and character without any display-face theatrics.

More about each face: Arvo · Lato

Use this pairing

HTML — Google Fonts embed
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Arvo:wght@700&family=Lato:wght@400;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
CSS
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Arvo', 'Courier New', Georgia, serif;
  font-weight: 700;
}

body {
  font-family: 'Lato', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 400;
}
Next.js — next/font
import { Arvo, Lato } from "next/font/google";

const heading = Arvo({
  subsets: ["latin"],
  weight: "700",
  variable: "--font-heading",
});

const body = Lato({
  subsets: ["latin"],
  weight: "400",
  variable: "--font-body",
});
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