Lora + Mulish

Grumpy wizards make toxic brew

A standfirst set in Mulish, 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 — Lora over Mulish, in the wild.

Lora 700 / Mulish 400 — click any section and type your own copy.

Why it works

Lora's brushed, calligraphic curves give headings a literary warmth, and Mulish — deliberately minimal, almost self-effacing — stays out of the way beneath them. The pairing works because the personality is concentrated entirely in the serif: Mulish has so little ornament that Lora's contrast and curves register more strongly than they would over a busier sans. Well suited to writers' sites and studios that want refined without formal.

More about each face: Lora · Mulish

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=Lora:wght@700&family=Mulish:wght@400;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
CSS
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Lora', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
  font-weight: 700;
}

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

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

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

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