Kern Typeface Pairing Specimen
Fraunces + Plus Jakarta Sans
This page documents the Kern theme's type system — the two variable fonts that form its visual voice. This pattern is Kern's signature feature: a functional type specimen that ships as a publishable WordPress page. Use it to explain your own typeface choices, or as a reference for how Kern's typographic decisions were made.
Fraunces — Display & Heading Voice
Fraunces
Weight 300 · Display
−0.02em tracking
Site title hero / page H1
Fraunces
Weight 400 · 3XL
−0.015em tracking
H2 section headings
Fraunces
Weight 900 · 4XL
−0.03em tracking
Maximum contrast moment
404 heading · specimen headers
Fraunces Italic
Weight 400 · 2XL
Block quote / pull quote
Plus Jakarta Sans — Body & UI Voice
Plus Jakarta Sans at base size, weight 400, line-height 1.7. This is the reading weight — the one used for all body copy, post content, and sidebar text. The 1.7 line-height is a deliberate choice: studio portfolios are read carefully, not scanned. Give the type room to breathe.
Plus Jakarta Sans
Weight 400 · Base
Line-height 1.7
Body copy / post content
Section Label · Category · Eyebrow
Plus Jakarta Sans
Weight 600 · 2XS
+0.14em tracking · uppercase
Eyebrow labels / post categories
Plus Jakarta Sans
Weight 500 · SM
+0.03em tracking
Navigation
Both fonts are licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 — free to use, modify, and bundle with WordPress themes submitted to the WordPress.org directory. Self-hosted WOFF2 variable font files are included in the theme package. No Google Fonts requests on the live site.