Montserrat + Lato

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Grumpy wizards make toxic brew

A standfirst set in Lato, 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 — Montserrat over Lato, in the wild.

Montserrat 700 / Lato 400 — click any section and type your own copy.

Why it works

A safe, contemporary all-sans pairing built on a geometric-versus-humanist split: Montserrat's wide, circle-based capitals give headlines a designed, poster-like quality, while Lato's subtler humanist forms disappear into comfortable paragraphs. Because Lato is noticeably narrower than Montserrat, body text stays economical even though both faces share a clean, open temperament. A dependable default for startups that want modern without cold.

More about each face: Montserrat · Lato

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

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

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

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