Fraunces + Manrope
Grumpy wizards make toxic brew
A standfirst set in Manrope, 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 Manrope, in the wild.
Fraunces 700 / Manrope 400 — click any section and type your own copy.
Why it works
Fraunces brings soft, Windsor-inspired wonk to headlines — gooey terminals, chunky serifs, real personality — and Manrope answers with cool geometric restraint. The pairing works because the contrast runs on two axes at once: serif against sans and expressive against rational, so the body copy never competes with the display face. It is the signature look of current DTC and indie-brand design.
Use this pairing
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<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Fraunces:wght@700&family=Manrope:wght@400;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">h1, h2, h3 {
font-family: 'Fraunces', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
font-weight: 700;
}
body {
font-family: 'Manrope', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-weight: 400;
}import { Fraunces, Manrope } from "next/font/google";
const heading = Fraunces({
subsets: ["latin"],
weight: "700",
variable: "--font-heading",
});
const body = Manrope({
subsets: ["latin"],
weight: "400",
variable: "--font-body",
});