Playfair Display + Inter

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A standfirst set in Inter, 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 — Playfair Display over Inter, in the wild.

Playfair Display 700 / Inter 400 — click any section and type your own copy.

Why it works

A textbook high-contrast pairing: Playfair's dramatic thick-and-thin headlines set a refined, editorial tone while Inter's tall x-height keeps paragraphs effortless to read on screens. Because the two faces sit far apart in style, the hierarchy is unmistakable at a glance — headlines feel like headlines, body text stays invisible in the best way.

More about each face: Playfair Display · Inter

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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=Playfair+Display:wght@700&family=Inter:wght@400;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS

h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
  font-weight: 700;
}

body {
  font-family: 'Inter', -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 400;
}

Next.js — next/font

import { Playfair_Display, Inter } from "next/font/google";

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

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

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