Fonts that go with Vollkorn
Vollkorn is a sturdy, warm book serif with a dark texture, meant for everyday reading. It suits blogs, books and long articles. Here are the 4 Google Fonts that pair best with it, each rendered live.
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The best Vollkorn pairings
01 · Montserrat + Vollkorn
Design that makes the first impression last
Good type does its work quietly. The headline sets the voice, the body carries the reading, and the contrast between them tells the eye where to go first.
Montserrat makes headlines wide, bold and poster-like, and Vollkorn is robust and comfortable to read at length. A sans headline over a serif body is the editorial inversion: modern on top, bookish underneath.
02 · Vollkorn + Lato
Design that makes the first impression last
Good type does its work quietly. The headline sets the voice, the body carries the reading, and the contrast between them tells the eye where to go first.
Vollkorn sets dark, warm serif headlines, and Lato is warm and highly readable in long passages. A serif over a sans-serif is the classic pairing: the change of structure makes the hierarchy obvious at a glance.
03 · Vollkorn + Work Sans
Design that makes the first impression last
Good type does its work quietly. The headline sets the voice, the body carries the reading, and the contrast between them tells the eye where to go first.
Vollkorn sets dark, warm serif headlines, and Work Sans is comfortable and slightly wide, good for menus and lists. A serif over a sans-serif is the classic pairing: the change of structure makes the hierarchy obvious at a glance.
04 · Inter + Vollkorn
Design that makes the first impression last
Good type does its work quietly. The headline sets the voice, the body carries the reading, and the contrast between them tells the eye where to go first.
Inter sets headlines that are clean and neutral, at home in any product, and Vollkorn is robust and comfortable to read at length. A sans headline over a serif body is the editorial inversion: modern on top, bookish underneath.
Using Vollkorn on a website
Sizes
Vollkorn is at its best in paragraphs at 16 to 18px. It can set headings too, but a more distinctive partner usually makes a stronger headline.
Spacing
For body text, a line height around 1.6 and a column of about 60 to 75 characters suit a serif; tighten to about 1.15 for headlines.
Loading
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Vollkorn is free on Google Fonts, where you can see every weight and style it comes in.
Use the top pairing
import { Montserrat, Vollkorn } from "next/font/google";
export const heading = Montserrat({
subsets: ["latin"],
weight: ["400", "700"],
variable: "--font-heading",
});
export const body = Vollkorn({
subsets: ["latin"],
weight: ["400", "700"],
variable: "--font-body",
});Palettes that use Vollkorn
More font pairings
Questions, answered.
The things people ask before they start building.
What font goes well with Vollkorn?
Montserrat, Lato, Work Sans and Inter all pair well with Vollkorn. Montserrat makes headlines wide, bold and poster-like, and Vollkorn is robust and comfortable to read at length. A sans headline over a serif body is the editorial inversion: modern on top, bookish underneath.
Is Vollkorn good for headings or body text?
Vollkorn is a serif that works best for body text: it sets dark, warm serif headlines as a headline and is robust and comfortable to read at length in paragraphs.
Is Vollkorn free for commercial use?
Yes. Vollkorn is on Google Fonts, where every family is free and open source, so you can use it on commercial websites, in logos and in print without paying. Download or embed it from its Google Fonts page.
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