Fraunces + Lexend

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Grumpy wizards make toxic brew

A standfirst set in Lexend, 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 — Fraunces over Lexend, in the wild.

Fraunces 600 / Lexend 400 — click any section and type your own copy.

Why it works

Fraunces supplies the personality — soft Windsor-style wonk, gooey terminals, headlines that feel hand-made — while Lexend supplies the science, with letterspacing and simplified forms researched to reduce visual crowding in running text. That division of labor suits conversion-focused pages: expressive display type draws the eye, and unusually legible body copy keeps visitors reading feature lists and FAQs without fatigue.

More about each face: Fraunces · Lexend

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=Fraunces:wght@600&family=Lexend:wght@400;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
CSS
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Fraunces', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
  font-weight: 600;
}

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

const heading = Fraunces({
  subsets: ["latin"],
  weight: "600",
  variable: "--font-heading",
});

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