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Merriweather

serif
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Use-case scenarios

Large Display

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Typography Scale

Heading 1 (48px)

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Heading 2 (36px)

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Heading 3 (24px)

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Body Text (16px)

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Good body type stays out of the way: even color, open counters, and spacing that holds up at 16 pixels on a phone or 12 on a dense dashboard.

Small Text (14px)

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Install Merriweather

Get on Google Fonts
<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=Merriweather:wght@300..900&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

Character Set

Uppercase

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Lowercase

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Numbers & Symbols

0123456789 !@#$%^&*()_+-=[]{}|;':",./<>?

Works well with

Fonts that pair well with Merriweather.

Similar & alternatives

Fonts with a similar feel to Merriweather.

Font family

Merriweather

Description

Very readable serif font designed for on-screen reading

Source

googleOpen Font License

Variable axes

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

font-variation-settings: 'opsz' 81, 'wdth' 100, 'wght' 700;

Intermediate values interpolate when the browser loads the variable font file; otherwise the nearest static weight renders.

Use cases

Blogs &#38; ContentDocumentationMobile Apps

Stats

Popularity 85/100

Used by Medium, The Guardian

Performance: standard

npm · @fontsource/merriweather

Characteristics

Contrast
medium
Aperture
medium
x-Height
tall
Width
normal
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Paid alternatives

Merriweather is an open-source alternative to:

  • Georgia
  • Times New Roman