Free fonts from Google Fonts loaded via a stylesheet link. Each demonstrates a distinct personality suited to different kinds of writing.
Playfair Display — editorial serif
A Weekend in the Dolomites
The mountains were everything the photographs promised, and nothing like them at all.
Playfair Display — elegant, high-contrast, ideal for editorial headings and pull quotes.
Dancing Script — casual handwriting
Grandma's Apple Crumble
Serves 6 · Ready in 45 minutes · Best eaten warm with cream
Dancing Script — warm and personal, well suited to recipe cards, invitations, and journal covers.
Oswald — condensed sans-serif
Community Garden Open Day
Saturday 14 June · 10am–4pm · All welcome
Oswald — strong and compact, ideal for posters, event banners, and newspaper-style headlines.
Merriweather — comfortable reading serif
Notes from the Allotment
The broad beans are finally ready, three weeks later than last year. I pulled the first pods this morning — plump, heavy, and a deep waxy green. Blanched and dressed with olive oil, they tasted like the best possible reason to have an allotment.
Merriweather — designed for comfortable long-form reading on screen. A reliable choice for blog posts and online articles.
Space Grotesk — modern geometric sans
The Bread Notebook
A weekly digest of sourdough experiments, baking failures, and occasional triumphs.
Space Grotesk — contemporary and slightly quirky, with distinctive letterforms. Good for newsletters and modern personal sites.
Cormorant Garamond — elegant old-style
The Book Club — June Selection
This month we are reading a novel that has been quietly gathering admirers for a decade, passed from friend to friend with a whispered recommendation and a knowing look.
Cormorant Garamond — refined and literary, with beautiful ligatures. Suited to book clubs, arts events, and elegant long-form content.
Bebas Neue — bold display
CRAFT FAIR
VILLAGE HALL · 21 SEPTEMBER
Bebas Neue — all caps, high impact. Reserved for display use only — posters, banners, large headings.