Fonts that go with Merriweather
Of the 67,676 home pages that load Merriweather, 21% also load Open Sans and 19% Roboto. Merriweather meets 118 fonts on 50 sites or more. Weighed against how common each font is, Merriweather Sans comes with it most: on 2,084 sites, where chance would give 108. Not all of Roboto with Google Sans is design: Google’s maps and other widgets load Roboto and Google Sans into the pages they sit on.
Fonts on the same home page, not which one sets the headings · HTTP Archive , 1 September 2026
01 / Set together
How the pairs look
Each font drawn from its own outlines, one as a heading and the other as text, then the other way round: the crawl does not say which sets the headings.
Merriweather + Open Sans
14,331 sites · 1.2× chance
Heading · Merriweather
MerriweatherText · Open Sans
Heading · Open Sans
Open SansText · Merriweather
Merriweather + Merriweather Sans
2,084 sites · 19× chance
Heading · Merriweather
MerriweatherText · Merriweather Sans
Heading · Merriweather Sans
Merriweather SansText · Merriweather
Merriweather + Bilbo Swash Caps
72 sites · 15× chance
Heading · Merriweather
MerriweatherText · Bilbo Swash Caps
Heading · Bilbo Swash Caps
Bilbo Swash CapsText · Merriweather
02 / Most often
Used most with Merriweather
The share of its 67,676 home pages that load each font too, and how many times as often as chance would have it: 1× is chance.
- Open Sans21%14,331 sites · 1.2× chance
- Roboto19%12,813 sites · 0.9× chance
- Montserrat17%11,269 sites · 1.2× chance
- Lato9.6%6,529 sites · 1.2× chance
- Poppins5.7%3,832 sites · 0.5× chance
- Inter5.3%3,580 sites · 0.5× chance
- Oswald3.6%2,456 sites · 1.3× chance
- Raleway3.5%2,387 sites · 0.9× chance
- Google Sans3.4%2,278 sites · 1.3× chance
03 / Beyond chance
Used with it beyond chance
Weighed against how common each font is: the sites that load both, against those that would if every site picked its fonts at random, each as often as sites use it. From 50 sites, and not one theme copied.
- Merriweather Sans19×2,084 sites, where chance gives 108Merriweather’s own family
- Bilbo Swash Caps15×72 sites, where chance gives 4.9
- Inconsolata5.3×313 sites, where chance gives 59
- Varela4.9×146 sites, where chance gives 30
- Cookie3.3×86 sites, where chance gives 26
- Playball3×68 sites, where chance gives 23
- Istok Web2.7×81 sites, where chance gives 30
- Ubuntu2.7×2,238 sites, where chance gives 834
- Allura2.6×144 sites, where chance gives 56
04 / Trios
Trios with Merriweather
The two fonts most used with it as a set of three, each two of the three together more often than chance would have them.
05 / Questions
Pairing Merriweather
Answered from HTTP Archive’s crawl of 1 September 2026 and each font’s licence
What font goes with Merriweather?
On the 67,676 home pages that load Merriweather (HTTP Archive, September 2026), the fonts loaded most often with it are Open Sans (14,331 sites, 21% of them), Roboto (12,813) and Montserrat (11,269). They are on the same page: the data does not say which one sets the headings.
What fonts pair well with Merriweather?
Weighed against how common each font is, sites choose Merriweather Sans with Merriweather most: 19× as often as chance would have it, on 2,084 sites where chance gives 108. Then Bilbo Swash Caps (15×) and Inconsolata (5.3×).
What three fonts go with Merriweather?
196 sites load Merriweather with Cormorant and Josefin Sans, each two of the three together more often than chance would have them. Next come Allura and Josefin Sans, on 109 sites.
Can I use Merriweather and Merriweather Sans together for free?
Yes: both are free, commercial work included. Merriweather and Merriweather Sans are both under the SIL Open Font License. Each font’s page says what its licence allows.