Prata + Work Sans

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A standfirst set in Work Sans, 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 — Prata over Work Sans, in the wild.

Prata 400 / Work Sans 400 — click any section and type your own copy.

Why it works

Prata's hairline Didone contrast reads as quiet luxury at display sizes, and Work Sans — plain, slightly warm, optimized for mid-size screen text — stays respectfully out of its way. The pairing works because Prata's single weight forces restraint: headlines are set large and light rather than bold, and Work Sans's low-contrast letterforms keep body copy comfortable where Prata's hairlines would disappear.

More about each face: Prata · Work Sans

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=Prata:wght@400&family=Work+Sans:wght@400;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
CSS
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Prata', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
  font-weight: 400;
}

body {
  font-family: 'Work Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 400;
}
Next.js — next/font
import { Prata, Work_Sans } from "next/font/google";

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

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