Poppins + Inter
Grumpy wizards make toxic brew
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 — Poppins over Inter, in the wild.
Poppins 600 / Inter 400 — click any section and type your own copy.
Why it works
Poppins brings circular geometric personality to headlines, but its perfectly round letterforms tire the eye in paragraphs — which is precisely where Inter, drawn for UI text with a tall x-height and open apertures, takes over. The two share a clean, monolinear finish, so the page feels like one modern system rather than two fonts negotiating. This is the default voice of contemporary SaaS marketing sites, and it earns that status.
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=Poppins:wght@600&family=Inter:wght@400;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">h1, h2, h3 {
font-family: 'Poppins', 'Century Gothic', 'Segoe UI', Arial, sans-serif;
font-weight: 600;
}
body {
font-family: 'Inter', -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-weight: 400;
}import { Poppins, Inter } from "next/font/google";
const heading = Poppins({
subsets: ["latin"],
weight: "600",
variable: "--font-heading",
});
const body = Inter({
subsets: ["latin"],
weight: "400",
variable: "--font-body",
});