Manrope + Newsreader

Grumpy wizards make toxic brew

A standfirst set in Newsreader, 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 — Manrope over Newsreader, in the wild.

Manrope 700 / Newsreader 400 — click any section and type your own copy.

Why it works

Manrope's semi-geometric sans makes a clean, modern headline, and Newsreader's optically-sized text serif gives the body a warm, literary calm suited to long reading. The pairing sets a crisp contemporary voice over a traditional one — the tension between screen-first geometry and old-style serif is what keeps a content-heavy site feeling both current and readable.

More about each face: Manrope · Newsreader

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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=Manrope:wght@700&family=Newsreader:wght@400;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS

h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Manrope', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
}

body {
  font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
  font-weight: 400;
}

Next.js — next/font

import { Manrope, Newsreader } from "next/font/google";

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

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

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