Alegreya + 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 — Alegreya over Lato, in the wild.

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

Why it works

Alegreya was drawn for literature, and its angled, restless letterforms give headlines a bookish energy that most web serifs lack. Lato answers with calm, warm paragraphs — a humanist sans whose slight rounding echoes the serif's calligraphic origins without imitating them. The pairing suits essays and publications that want intellectual character up top but know better than to set long screen text in a lively book face.

More about each face: Alegreya · 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=Alegreya:wght@700&family=Lato:wght@400;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
CSS
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Alegreya', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
  font-weight: 700;
}

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

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

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