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DM Serif Display + DM Sans

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Grumpy wizards make toxic brew

A standfirst set in DM Sans, 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 — DM Serif Display over DM Sans, in the wild.

DM Serif Display 400 / DM Sans 400 — click any section and type your own copy.

Why it works

These two were literally designed as a family: Colophon Foundry drew DM Serif Display and DM Sans on shared proportions for Google, so their x-heights and vertical rhythm line up without adjustment. The serif's high-contrast Didone flavor supplies the drama at display sizes, while the low-contrast sans keeps paragraphs quiet — a serif/sans split with built-in coherence.

More about each face: DM Serif Display · DM Sans

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=DM+Serif+Display:wght@400&family=DM+Sans:wght@400;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
CSS
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'DM Serif Display', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
  font-weight: 400;
}

body {
  font-family: 'DM Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 400;
}
Next.js — next/font
import { DM_Serif_Display, DM_Sans } from "next/font/google";

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

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