Playfair Display
Designed by Claus Eggers Sørensen
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
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
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Use Playfair Display on the Web
Copy-paste ready Tailwind v4, CSS @import, and npm snippets
Add this to your global CSS stylesheet to use font-playfair-display utilities:
@theme {
--font-playfair-display: 'Playfair Display', serif;
}Import via Google Fonts CDN for instant browser delivery:
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Playfair+Display:wght@400;500;600;700;800;900&display=swap');
body {
font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
}
Free Alternative To
Playfair Display is a suggested free alternative to these paid commercial typefaces
Bodoni / Bodoni MT
Bodoni Moda and Playfair Display share Bodoni’s extreme stroke contrast between thick stems and razor-thin hairlines, ideal for high-fashion elegance.
Fonts That Look Like Playfair Display
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by ParaType
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by Impallari Type
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Google Sans
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