Raleway + Lato

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Grumpy wizards make toxic brew

A standfirst set in Lato, 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 — Raleway over Lato, in the wild.

Raleway 600 / Lato 400 — click any section and type your own copy.

Why it works

Raleway began life as a single elegant display weight, and that heritage still shows in its refined thin-to-medium range and distinctive letterforms. Lato's semi-rounded, warm neutrality makes it the more comfortable of the two at paragraph sizes, so each face works where it is strongest. Both are sans-serifs, but the geometric-versus-humanist difference is large enough to keep the hierarchy legible — a subtle pairing suited to understated personal sites.

More about each face: Raleway · Lato

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=Raleway:wght@600&family=Lato:wght@400;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
CSS
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Raleway', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 600;
}

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

const heading = Raleway({
  subsets: ["latin"],
  weight: "600",
  variable: "--font-heading",
});

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