Display · Jeremy Landes
Le Murmure
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CSSfont-family: 'Le Murmure', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Le Murmure is a free display font by Jeremy Landes, Alexander Slobzheninov and George Triantafyllakos, from Velvetyne. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Le Murmure has an x-height taller than 84%, is narrower than 97% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
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01 / Light table
Laid on top of Big Shoulders Stencil
Le Murmure on one light table with its two closest fonts, Big Shoulders Stencil (82 out of 100) and Big Shoulders (79). Big Shoulders Stencil is 18% wider and 14% lighter, with an x-height 10% shorter; Big Shoulders is 17% wider, with an x-height 10% shorter and more stroke contrast.
Le Murmure and Big Shoulders Stencil laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Le MurmureBig Shoulders Stencil…
Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.
02 / Letters
The Le Murmure alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Le Murmure at every size
1 weight (400) · six sizes, in your words
- 12 px
- 16 px
- 24 px
- 36 px
- 48 px
- 72 px
04 / Facts
Who made Le Murmure, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Jeremy Landes, Alexander Slobzheninov, George Triantafyllakos
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- Velvetyne
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes, under another name. Not as “Murmure” or “Le Murmure”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Le Murmure is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
Already in your apps?
- Google Docs
- Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Le Murmure comes from Velvetyne. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Velvetyne first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Not verified. Search its font menu, or install it. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Le Murmure, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Le Murmure under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Le Murmure, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 66.7% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 81.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.82lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 28.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 51%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.03 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 84% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 97% of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
ContrastMore even than 78% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Le Murmure
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Big Shoulders Stencil8218% wider · x-height 10% shorter · 14% lighter
- Big Shoulders7917% wider · x-height 10% shorter · more stroke contrast
- Commune Nuit Debout7227% narrower · x-height 19% shorter · 27% heavier
- Big Shoulders Inline6845% lighter · 18% wider · x-height 10% shorter
- Six Caps6722% narrower · x-height 12% taller · more stroke contrast
- Bahianita67x-height 9% shorter · 7% narrower · 9% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Le Murmure →Compare side by side →Get Le Murmure on Velvetyne
07 / Swap
Swap Le Murmure without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Le Murmure sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Le Murmure loads, this sets Arial in its place at 59.2% of its size, so running text keeps Le Murmure’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Le Murmure Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 59.19%;
ascent-override: 140.78%;
descent-override: 46.93%;
line-gap-override: 1.69%;
}
font-family: 'Le Murmure', 'Le Murmure Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Le Murmure
Answered from its licence, Velvetyne and each app’s own font list
Is Le Murmure free for commercial use?
Yes. Le Murmure is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Murmure” or “Le Murmure”.
How do I download and install Le Murmure?
Le Murmure comes free from Velvetyne . Download it from its page there and unzip the file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each TTF or OTF file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open. The web fonts this page uses are FontKind’s own copy, kept with its licence file .
Is Le Murmure in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Le Murmure comes from Velvetyne. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
How many weights does Le Murmure have?
Le Murmure comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Le Murmure?
Le Murmure was designed by Jeremy Landes, Alexander Slobzheninov and George Triantafyllakos. George Triantafyllakos also made Syne.
What fonts are similar to Le Murmure?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Big Shoulders Stencil (82), Big Shoulders (79) and Commune Nuit Debout (72), out of 100. Next to Le Murmure, Big Shoulders Stencil is 18% wider and 14% lighter, with an x-height 10% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Le Murmure.