JetBrains Mono + Work Sans

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JetBrains Mono 700 / Work Sans 400 — click the text to edit

Why it works

A monospaced heading is a strong signal — JetBrains Mono's fixed pitch, tall x-height and squared rhythm say developer tool before a word is read. Work Sans releases the tension in the body: proportional, low-contrast and optimized for text sizes, so paragraphs flow naturally after the deliberately mechanical headline. The pairing works for dev-tool marketing, changelogs and engineering blogs; set the mono heading a size or two smaller than you would a sans, since fixed-width capitals run wide.

More about each face: JetBrains Mono · Work 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=JetBrains+Mono:wght@700&family=Work+Sans:wght@400;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
CSS
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', 'SF Mono', Menlo, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace;
  font-weight: 700;
}

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

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

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