Roboto Slab + Roboto

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A standfirst set in Roboto, 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 — Roboto Slab over Roboto, in the wild.

Roboto Slab 700 / Roboto 400 — click any section and type your own copy.

Why it works

A superfamily pairing with zero risk: Roboto Slab was built directly on Roboto's skeleton, so letterforms, proportions and metrics agree perfectly — the only variable is the slab serifs, which give headings weight and structure the plain sans lacks. The result is contrast in texture with total harmony in everything else. Choose this when you want a clearly differentiated hierarchy that still feels like a single voice, especially in docs and product UI.

More about each face: Roboto Slab · 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=Roboto+Slab:wght@700&family=Roboto:wght@400;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
CSS
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Roboto Slab', 'Roboto', Georgia, serif;
  font-weight: 700;
}

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

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

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