Playfair Display font

Playfair Display is a Google Font serif family, free for commercial use on Google Fonts. Use it for editorial headlines, luxury landing pages, and readable long-form content.

Serif · Google Fonts · Commercial free

Playfair Display

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Playfair Display is a Google Font serif family, free for commercial use on Google Fonts. Use it for editorial headlines, luxury landing pages, and readable long-form content.

Weight 400

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Weight 500

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Weight 600

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Weight 700

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Character set

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Display sample

Build your brand kit with Playfair Display

Body sample

Use Playfair Display in landing pages, dashboards, and DESIGN.md exports. Pair it with a complementary body font for readable paragraphs and UI labels.

Popular pairings

Playfair Display + Source Sans 3

Embed code

Copy the snippet for your stack — same pattern as Google Fonts, ready for production sites and AI agent repos.

HTML link tag

html

<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com" />
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin />
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Playfair+Display:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet" />

CSS @import

css

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Playfair+Display:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap');

body {
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
}

CSS font-family

css

.font-playfair-display {
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
  font-weight: 400;
}

Next.js next/font/google

typescript

import { Playfair_Display } from "next/font/google";

const font = Playfair_Display({
  subsets: ["latin"],
  weight: ["400", "500", "600", "700"],
  variable: "--font-playfair-display",
});

export default function RootLayout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
  return (
    <html lang="en" className={font.variable}>
      <body>{children}</body>
    </html>
  );
}

Tailwind CSS

css

@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --font-playfair-display: 'Playfair Display', serif;
}

/* Usage: class="font-[family-name:var(--font-playfair-display)]" */

DESIGN.md snippet

markdown

## Typography

- **Headline font:** Playfair Display (Google Fonts)
- **CSS stack:** 'Playfair Display', serif
- **Weights:** 400;500;600;700

```html
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Playfair+Display:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet" />
```

Best for

Editorial layouts
Luxury brands
Long-form reading
Magazine headlines