Font family
Merriweather font
Merriweather is a serif designed for on-screen readability with a slightly condensed text face, large x-height, and robust hairlines.
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Font Details
- Designer
- Sorkin Type
- Foundry
- Unknown
- Source
- Google Fonts
- License
- OFL-1.1
- Category
- serif
- X-height
- high
- Styles
- normal, italic
- Subsets
- latin, latin-ext, cyrillic
- Weights
- 300, 400, 700, 900
- Variable
- Yes
- Popularity
- 89/100
- Tags
- slab-serif, readable, body, editorial
- wghtmin 300max 900default 400
Character and Use Cases
Merriweather , Merriweather is built for the screen from the ground up. Its generous x-height, sturdy serifs, and open counters make it one of the most readable serif fonts at body sizes, even on low-resolution displays. It has the authority of a newspaper serif but the friendliness of modern design.
Merriweather is an ideal body text font for long-form reading online: articles, documentation, blog posts, and ebook content. It holds up at 16 px and above and pairs naturally with a geometric sans-serif for UI and navigation. Its regular and italic styles are both well-developed.
Regular (400) and Italic are the workhorse weights for body text. Bold (700) provides clear emphasis without disrupting the reading rhythm. Light (300) works for large pull-quotes and display headings.
Production Code
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<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Merriweather:wght@300;400;700;900&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">Pairings using Merriweather
View allThe art of typography
Good typography is the visible voice of design, quiet when it should be, loud when it must.
PreviewMontserrat + Merriweather
Geometric Montserrat headlines paired with Merriweather body text, a confident modern editorial combination. The geometric sans brings energy to titles; the slab-serif body sustains long-form reading.
The art of typography
Good typography is the visible voice of design, quiet when it should be, loud when it must.
PreviewInter + Merriweather
Inter headlines over Merriweather body, an inverse editorial pairing. Sans-serif headings bring modern clarity; slab-serif body sustains long-form reading.
The art of typography
Good typography is the visible voice of design, quiet when it should be, loud when it must.
PreviewPlayfair Display + Merriweather
Playfair Display headlines over Merriweather body, a classic editorial all-serif pairing. High-contrast display serif up top; slab-serif body for reading.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Why is Merriweather better for screen than other serifs?
- Merriweather's designer, Sorkin Type, optimised the stroke widths, x-height, and counter sizes specifically for on-screen legibility at common DPI settings. Many classic serifs were designed for print and lose clarity on screens.
- Does Merriweather have true italics?
- Yes. Merriweather's italics are genuine calligraphic forms, so italic passages read as deliberate instead of tilted. That matters in editorial use where italics carry meaning.
Test Merriweather in the playground
Drop Merriweather into the typography playground, mix it with another family, and check contrast on real text.