Syne + Lora
Grumpy wizards make toxic brew
A standfirst set in Lora, 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 — Syne over Lora, in the wild.
Syne 700 / Lora 400 — click any section and type your own copy.
Why it works
Syne's idiosyncratic, art-school display sans gives headlines a distinctive, slightly eccentric edge, and Lora balances it with a warm, conventional serif that reads calm and familiar in the body. The pairing deliberately offsets Syne's oddness with Lora's steadiness — an experimental heading over a trustworthy paragraph — which suits a creative portfolio that wants personality up top without losing readability below.
Use this pairing
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<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Syne:wght@700&family=Lora:wght@400;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">h1, h2, h3 {
font-family: 'Syne', Verdana, 'Arial Black', sans-serif;
font-weight: 700;
}
body {
font-family: 'Lora', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
font-weight: 400;
}import { Syne, Lora } from "next/font/google";
const heading = Syne({
subsets: ["latin"],
weight: "700",
variable: "--font-heading",
});
const body = Lora({
subsets: ["latin"],
weight: "400",
variable: "--font-body",
});