Space Grotesk + IBM Plex Sans

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Space Grotesk 700 / IBM Plex Sans 400 — click the text to edit

Why it works

Space Grotesk kept the monospace quirks of its parent Space Mono — the bent-leg R, the crossed zero-style geometry — while gaining proportional spacing, so headlines carry a coder's accent without a mono's width penalty. IBM Plex Sans below is engineered blandness in the best sense: even color, generous apertures, no gestures competing with the display face. The two share a rational, drafted quality that suits developer tools, data products and technically minded portfolios.

More about each face: Space Grotesk · IBM Plex 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=Space+Grotesk:wght@700&family=IBM+Plex+Sans:wght@400;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
CSS
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Space Grotesk', 'Courier New', Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
}

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

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

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