Schibsted Grotesk + Newsreader

Grumpy wizards make toxic brew

A standfirst set in Newsreader, 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 — Schibsted Grotesk over Newsreader, in the wild.

Schibsted Grotesk 800 / Newsreader 400 — click any section and type your own copy.

Why it works

This is the classic newsroom split done with two fresh faces: Schibsted Grotesk's sturdy, media-house grotesque snaps headlines to attention, while Newsreader's optically-sized serif slows the eye down for the article underneath. The contrast of skeletons — bold vertical sans over a warm humanist serif — draws a hard line between what shouts and what reads, exactly the hierarchy long-form journalism wants.

More about each face: Schibsted Grotesk · Newsreader

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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=Schibsted+Grotesk:wght@800&family=Newsreader:wght@400;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS

h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Schibsted Grotesk', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 800;
}

body {
  font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
  font-weight: 400;
}

Next.js — next/font

import { Schibsted_Grotesk, Newsreader } from "next/font/google";

const heading = Schibsted_Grotesk({
  subsets: ["latin"],
  weight: "800",
  variable: "--font-heading",
});

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

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