Montserrat + EB Garamond

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Montserrat 700 / EB Garamond 400 — click the text to edit

Why it works

This pairing spans four centuries — Montserrat's geometric caps, drawn from Buenos Aires signage, against EB Garamond's revival of 1590s French punchcutting — and that era gap is exactly why it works. The sans's uniform strokes and wide stance give unmissable structure at heading sizes, then Garamond's low x-height and fine modulation slow the eye into a graceful, bookish reading rhythm below.

More about each face: Montserrat · EB Garamond

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=Montserrat:wght@700&family=EB+Garamond:wght@400;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
CSS
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Montserrat', 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
}

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

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

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