Fonts

The fonts tailwindcss.com uses

tailwindcss.com sets its headlines and body text in inter. inter is a licensed font the site serves itself. The closest free match on Google Fonts: Inter.

Measured from tailwindcss.com 4 days ago.

Font families

2 families
inter
Used for
h1, h2, h3, body, button, code
Source
Self-hosted
Free alternative
Inter
plexMono
Used for
label, code
Source
Self-hosted
Free alternative
Inter

CSS to reproduce it

Font variables with the free stand-in in the stack, so the same CSS works with or without the licensed font.

:root {
  --font-heading: "inter", "Inter", monospace; /* Inter stands in for inter */
  --font-body: "inter", "Inter", monospace; /* Inter stands in for inter */
  --font-mono: "inter", "Inter", monospace; /* Inter stands in for inter */
  --font-size-base: 14px;
}

How the type is set

headline-displayQuick brown foxinter / 96px / 400 / lh 96px / -4.8px
headline-lgQuick brown foxinter / 40px / 500 / lh 40px / -2px
headline-mdQuick brown foxinter / 36px / 600 / lh 48px
body-mdThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy doginter / 14px / 400 / lh 28px
label-mdThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dogplexMono / 12px / 400 / lh 2
buttonThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy doginter / 12px / 400 / lh 20px
codeconst pack = extract(url)plexMono / 13px / 400 / lh 24px
Font sizes in use
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For AI agents

The pack is plain text, no key: fetch DESIGN.md, or hand the whole pack to Claude Code, Cursor or Copilot with the MCP server.

curl -s https://stylepack.ai/packs/tailwindcss.com/DESIGN.md

Questions

What font does tailwindcss.com use?

tailwindcss.com uses inter, plexMono. Headlines are set in inter and body text in inter, measured from the site as it renders, not read from its stylesheet.

Is the tailwindcss.com font free to use?

No. inter is a licensed font that tailwindcss.com serves itself. The closest free match is Inter, available on Google Fonts. The CSS on this page puts it in the font stack as the stand-in.

How do I get the same typography as tailwindcss.com in my project?

Download the tailwindcss.com design pack from Stylepack: it holds the font stack, the type scale, every text style and the screenshots, in a form an AI coding agent such as Claude Code or Cursor can build from.