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HIGH-CONTRAST SERIF FONT
Playfair Display
Playfair Display is a free high-contrast serif from Google Fonts. Its elegant, transitional letterforms are made for stylish headlines and editorial design.
Playfair Display at a glance
Specimen
Playfair Display draws on eighteenth-century transitional type, with high contrast between thick and thin strokes. That contrast gives it an elegant, editorial character at large sizes, but it is meant for headlines rather than body text. It suits fashion, editorial, and luxury design.
Body Text / 18pt Regular
Playfair Display Font Details
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Templates using the font Playfair Display
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Best font pairs for Playfair Display
Playfair Display pairs well with Montserrat, Source Sans, and Roboto, clean sans-serifs that balance its elegant headlines.
ELEGANT & EDITORIAL
Playfair Display + Montserrat
An elegant editorial look
Playfair Display's dramatic thick-to-thin strokes carry the headline, then Montserrat's even, geometric body settles the eye for reading. Reserve Playfair Display for headlines and let Montserrat carry the text on portfolios and brand sites.
FASHION & LUXURY
Playfair Display + Source Sans 3
A refined, luxury headline
Playfair Display revives late-18th-century Didone letterforms with steep contrast, a stylish counterpoint to Source Sans 3's plain, contemporary body. A fashion-and-editorial pairing: Playfair Display for headings, Source Sans 3 for text.
CLASSIC CONTRAST
Playfair Display + Roboto
A classic, elegant headline
Playfair Display brings high-contrast, elegant headlines while Roboto's neutral body keeps long text legible. A dependable serif-and-sans contrast for editorial and business projects.
Alternatives to Playfair Display
If you need an alternative to Playfair Display, high-contrast serifs like Cormorant, DM Serif Display, and Libre Baskerville offer the same elegant character.
Cormorant
This is a Cormorant headline
And this is body text in Cormorant. It's worth considering as an alternative to Playfair Display.
View moreDM Serif Display
This is a DM Serif Display headline
And this is body text in DM Serif Display. It's worth considering as an alternative to Playfair Display.
View moreLibre Baskerville
This is a Libre Baskerville headline
And this is body text in Libre Baskerville. It's worth considering as an alternative to Playfair Display.
View moreBodoni Moda
This is a Bodoni Moda headline
And this is body text in Bodoni Moda. It's worth considering as an alternative to Playfair Display.
View morePrata
This is a Prata headline
And this is body text in Prata. It's worth considering as an alternative to Playfair Display.
View moreAbril Fatface
This is a Abril Fatface headline
And this is body text in Abril Fatface. It's worth considering as an alternative to Playfair Display.
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