Josefin Sans + Lora

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Josefin Sans 600 / Lora 400 — click the text to edit

Why it works

Josefin Sans has a 1920s geometric elegance — tiny x-height, long ascenders, art-deco proportions — that gives headings a vintage poster quality, while Lora's moderate-contrast serifs handle the sustained reading Josefin was never built for. The contrast in x-height is the key move: airy, vertical headlines floating over a dense, comfortable text block. It photographs beautifully on wedding sites and works equally well for boutique portfolios.

More about each face: Josefin Sans · Lora

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=Josefin+Sans:wght@600&family=Lora:wght@400;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
CSS
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Josefin Sans', 'Century Gothic', Futura, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 600;
}

body {
  font-family: 'Lora', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
  font-weight: 400;
}
Next.js — next/font
import { Josefin_Sans, Lora } from "next/font/google";

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

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