Lato
Designed by Łukasz Dziedzic
Interactive Specimen
Type custom text and test available weights
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
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Use Lato on the Web
Copy-paste ready Tailwind v4, CSS @import, and npm snippets
Add this to your global CSS stylesheet to use font-lato utilities:
@theme {
--font-lato: 'Lato', sans-serif;
}Import via Google Fonts CDN for instant browser delivery:
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Lato:wght@100;300;400;700;900&display=swap');
body {
font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
}
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