Playfair Display

Serif modern-serif by Claus Eggers Sorensen #17 on Google Fonts
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About Playfair Display

Claus Eggers Sørensen diseñó esta tipografía de inspiración neo-clásica con alto contraste y remates elegantes, evocando la impresión de los siglos XVIII y XIX. Sus proporciones de display y su carácter sofisticado la hacen popular en editoriales de moda, portadas de libros y diseño web de lujo. Disponible como fuente variable con ejes de peso e inclinación.

Character Map

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NnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz
0123456789
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Weight Waterfall (6)

400 Regular
500 Medium
600 SemiBold
700 Bold
800 ExtraBold
900 Black

Best Pairings

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Playfair Display + Source Sans 3 9/10
Heading in Playfair Display
Body text in Source Sans 3. Playfair Display's high-contrast elegance provides dramatic headlines, while Source Sans 3's neutral clarity ensures comfortable body reading. Classic editorial pairing.

How to Use

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Playfair+Display:wght@500;600;700;800;900;400&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Playfair+Display:wght@500;600;700;800;900;400&display=swap');
font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
brew install --cask font-playfair-display

Details

Category
Serif
Style
modern-serif
Weights
6
Italic
✓
Coreano
✗
Designer
Claus Eggers Sorensen
License
OFL
Version
Popularity
#17

License Usage

Web useAllowed
PrintAllowed
Video / BroadcastAllowed
PackagingAllowed
App embeddingAllowed
Brand / LogoAllowed
ModificationAllowed

OFL — Free for personal & commercial use

Language Support

cyrillic latin latin-ext vietnamese

Best For

headings editorial luxury

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Typography Concepts

  • Cap Height

    The height of a capital letter measured from the baseline to the top of flat capitals like 'H' or 'I'.

  • Contrast (Typography)

    The difference between the thickest and thinnest parts of a letter's strokes. High-contrast fonts (like Didot) have dramatic variation.

  • Stroke

    Any line that forms part of a letter — vertical, horizontal, diagonal, or curved. Stroke contrast defines much of a typeface's character.

  • Terminal

    The end of a stroke that doesn't have a serif — can be ball, beak, teardrop, or flat shaped. Terminal style is a key identifier of type classification.

  • Crossbar

    The horizontal stroke in letters like 'A', 'H', 'e', 'f'. Its position relative to the x-height affects readability.

  • Kerning

    The adjustment of space between individual letter pairs to achieve visually consistent spacing.

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