Darker Grotesque + Onest
Grumpy wizards make toxic brew
A standfirst set in Onest, 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 — Darker Grotesque over Onest, in the wild.
Darker Grotesque 900 / Onest 400 — click any section and type your own copy.
Why it works
Darker Grotesque's compressed, sky-high display face turns a headline into a fashion-poster statement, and Onest steps back with a plain, low-contrast body that lets the drama breathe. The whole effect rides on imbalance — an extreme display face demands a neutral partner — so Onest's restraint is the reason the heading reads as striking rather than exhausting.
More about each face: Darker Grotesque · Onest
Use this pairing
<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=Darker+Grotesque:wght@900&family=Onest:wght@400;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">h1, h2, h3 {
font-family: 'Darker Grotesque', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-weight: 900;
}
body {
font-family: 'Onest', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-weight: 400;
}import { Darker_Grotesque, Onest } from "next/font/google";
const heading = Darker_Grotesque({
subsets: ["latin"],
weight: "900",
variable: "--font-heading",
});
const body = Onest({
subsets: ["latin"],
weight: "400",
variable: "--font-body",
});