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Merriweather

Google Fonts Verified

Designed by Sorkin Type • serif • SIL Open Font License (OFL)

Open on Google Fonts

TYPEFACE OVERVIEW

Designed to be a text face that is pleasant to read on screens, with very large x-height, mild diagonal stress, and sturdy serifs.

Commercial Stand-In: Often chosen as an open-source alternative to Georgia, Charter, Palatino.

OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Category serif

Serifs bracketed

Contrast medium

Proportions regular

Variable Font Static

INTERACTIVE SPECIMEN TESTER

Size: 36px

Styles & Weights (5)

300 Regular

Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.

400 Regular

Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.

700 Regular

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900 Regular

Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.

400 Italic

Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.

Production CSS Blueprint

google-fonts.css

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Merriweather:ital,wght@0,300;0,400;0,700;1,400&display=swap');

style.css

font-family: 'Merriweather', serif;

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