Playfair Display + Roboto

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Playfair Display 700 / Roboto 400 — click the text to edit

Why it works

Playfair brings the drama; Roboto brings the calm. The serif's fashion-magazine hairlines get all the attention in heroes and section titles, while Roboto's neutral grotesque body keeps product copy and forms strictly functional. A dependable formula for storefronts that want luxury signals without sacrificing everyday readability.

More about each face: Playfair Display · Roboto

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=Playfair+Display:wght@700&family=Roboto:wght@400;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
CSS
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
  font-weight: 700;
}

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

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

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