# Playfair Display

A free, open-licensed serif typeface by Claus Eggers Sørensen, self-hosted on BrandSweets.

## Details

- Slug: `playfair-display`
- Category: serif
- Superfamily: playfair
- Kind: static
- Designed by: Claus Eggers Sørensen
- License: OFL-1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Weights: 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900
- Styles: normal, italic
- Languages: cyrillic, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Moods: editorial, elegant, luxury
- Page: https://brandsweets.com/fonts/playfair-display

## Pairings

- **Playfair Display SC** (heading) — Same superfamily as Playfair Display — shared skeleton, natural heading pairing.
- **Roboto** (heading) — fits heading; hand-vetted
- **Inter** (heading) — fits heading; hand-vetted
- **Source Sans 3** (body) — High-contrast display serif over a neutral humanist sans — the classic editorial pairing.
- **Lato** (body) — Playful contrast: dramatic headline serif with a warm, quiet sans body.
- **Open Sans** (body) — fits body; hand-vetted

## Self-host files (woff2)

- 400 normal: https://fonts.brandsweets.com/playfair-display/playfair-display-400.woff2
- 500 normal: https://fonts.brandsweets.com/playfair-display/playfair-display-500.woff2
- 600 normal: https://fonts.brandsweets.com/playfair-display/playfair-display-600.woff2
- 700 normal: https://fonts.brandsweets.com/playfair-display/playfair-display-700.woff2
- 800 normal: https://fonts.brandsweets.com/playfair-display/playfair-display-800.woff2
- 900 normal: https://fonts.brandsweets.com/playfair-display/playfair-display-900.woff2
- 400 italic: https://fonts.brandsweets.com/playfair-display/playfair-display-400i.woff2
- 500 italic: https://fonts.brandsweets.com/playfair-display/playfair-display-500i.woff2
- 600 italic: https://fonts.brandsweets.com/playfair-display/playfair-display-600i.woff2
- 700 italic: https://fonts.brandsweets.com/playfair-display/playfair-display-700i.woff2
- 800 italic: https://fonts.brandsweets.com/playfair-display/playfair-display-800i.woff2
- 900 italic: https://fonts.brandsweets.com/playfair-display/playfair-display-900i.woff2

## Connect an agent

Point any MCP client at the BrandSweets fonts endpoint to search this catalog and get pairings:

- Endpoint: https://mcp.brandsweets.com/fonts/mcp
- Tools: `list_fonts` (filter by category/mood/weight) and `suggest_fonts` (e.g. `suggest_fonts({ pairWith: "playfair-display", role: "body" })`).