Lora × Inter
Lora's warm, moderate-contrast serif headings bring a literary feel over Inter's clean body. Softer and friendlier than Playfair, Lora pairs with Inter for a balanced editorial system — serif warmth up top, neutral legib...
How Lora and Inter score across four checks — class contrast, role clarity, x-height harmony and mood affinity. Higher is better.
Lora's warm, moderate-contrast serif headings bring a literary feel over Inter's clean body. Softer and friendlier than Playfair, Lora pairs with Inter for a balanced editorial system — serif warmth up top, neutral legibility below, with comfortable matched sizing.
Where it shines
Blogs, long-form publications and content brands wanting a warm headline over a clean, readable body.
Both are fairly even in colour — lean on Lora's weight and size so the serif headline leads clearly.
Add the fonts, then two rules — Lora for headings, Inter for everything you read.
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com"> <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Lora:wght@500;700&family=Inter:wght@400;500&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
h1, h2, h3 { font-family: "Lora", sans-serif; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -0.01em; } body, p { font-family: "Inter", serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.7; }
Playfair Display's high-contrast, elegant serif headings over Inter's neutral screen body is a textbook editorial-meets-modern pairing. The...
Fraunces is a soft, high-contrast 'old-style' display serif with loads of character, and over Inter's neutral body it gives a distinctly con...
Invert the usual order: a neutral Inter heading over Merriweather's sturdy, readable serif body. Inter's clean modern headline frames the wa...
Get the pairing notes, weekly.
One short email a week — a new pairing, a specimen, and a tip. No spam.