Merriweather
Google Fonts · Eben Sorkin · 2011
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A robustly designed screen serif built from the ground up for comfortable long-form reading on digital displays.
About
Merriweather's generous x-height and sturdy stroke weights ensure it holds up well at body sizes across a range of screen resolutions. Its Cyrillic coverage makes it a dependable choice for multilingual publishing projects. It is one of the most widely used Google Fonts serifs, earning its reputation as a reliable editorial and UI workhorse.
Classification
Merriweather is a low-contrast, sturdy serif designed specifically for comfortable on-screen reading at small sizes. Its tall x-height, wide proportions, and slightly condensed letterforms optimise legibility in continuous text.
Weights
LightRegularMediumSemiBoldBoldExtraBoldBlack
Languages
CyrillicCyrillic ExtendedLatinLatin ExtendedVietnamese
Tags
seriftextbodyscreeneditorialworkhorsemultilingualvariablefreeopen-source