Karla + Lora

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Grumpy wizards make toxic brew

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.

Karla 700 / Lora 400 — click the text to edit

Why it works

Karla's grotesque headlines carry small deliberate imperfections — quirky terminals, slightly loose spacing — that pair naturally with Lora's brushy, calligraphic body serifs: both faces feel drawn by a hand rather than plotted by a grid. Their x-heights sit close together, so the size step between heading and paragraph stays smooth. The overall voice is thoughtful and a little indie, well suited to essays, studio sites and personal blogs.

More about each face: Karla · 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=Karla:wght@700&family=Lora:wght@400;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
CSS
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Karla', 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
}

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

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

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