Inter × Bitter
Bitter is a slab serif designed for comfortable on-screen reading, and beneath a neutral Inter heading it gives the body a sturdy, contemporary texture. Both are screen-first faces with tall x-heights, so the sizes align...
How Inter and Bitter score across four checks — class contrast, role clarity, x-height harmony and mood affinity. Higher is better.
Bitter is a slab serif designed for comfortable on-screen reading, and beneath a neutral Inter heading it gives the body a sturdy, contemporary texture. Both are screen-first faces with tall x-heights, so the sizes align cleanly while the sans/slab class gap holds the hierarchy.
Where it shines
Blogs, docs and content products wanting a modern sans headline over a sturdy, readable slab body.
Bitter is even in colour — give it generous line-height so the body breathes under the Inter headline.
Add the fonts, then two rules — Inter for headings, Bitter for everything you read.
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com"> <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@500;700&family=Bitter:wght@400;500&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
h1, h2, h3 { font-family: "Inter", sans-serif; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -0.01em; } body, p { font-family: "Bitter", serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.7; }
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