Playfair Display + Onest
Grumpy wizards make toxic brew
A standfirst set in Onest, 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 Onest, in the wild.
Playfair Display 700 / Onest 400 — click any section and type your own copy.
Why it works
Playfair Display's dramatic thick-and-thin strokes set a refined, high-contrast headline, and Onest keeps the paragraph in a low-contrast neo-grotesque that stays calm and invisible in the best way. The wide gap in contrast and skeleton makes the hierarchy read instantly, while Onest's warmth softens Playfair's formality just enough to feel contemporary rather than stuffy.
More about each face: Playfair Display · Onest
Use this pairing
<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=Onest:wght@400;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">h1, h2, h3 {
font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
font-weight: 700;
}
body {
font-family: 'Onest', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-weight: 400;
}import { Playfair_Display, Onest } from "next/font/google";
const heading = Playfair_Display({
subsets: ["latin"],
weight: "700",
variable: "--font-heading",
});
const body = Onest({
subsets: ["latin"],
weight: "400",
variable: "--font-body",
});