Schibsted Grotesk + Petrona

Grumpy wizards make toxic brew

A standfirst set in Petrona, 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 Petrona, in the wild.

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

Why it works

Schibsted Grotesk's heavy editorial sans lands headlines with newsroom weight, and Petrona keeps the body in a low-contrast, slab-leaning serif that reads plain and steady. The pairing pits a confident modern sans against an unornamented workaday serif, so the page feels journalistic — strong voices up top, grounded reading below — without either face reaching for decoration.

More about each face: Schibsted Grotesk · Petrona

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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=Petrona: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: 'Petrona', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
  font-weight: 400;
}

Next.js — next/font

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

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

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

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