Sans serif · SMC
Meera Inimai
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CSSfont-family: 'Meera Inimai', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Meera Inimai is a free sans serif by SMC, on Google Fonts since 2016. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Meera Inimai has an average x-height, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Overpass
Meera Inimai on one light table with its two closest fonts, Overpass (78 out of 100) and Radio Canada Big (76). Overpass has nearly identical proportions; Radio Canada Big is 14% heavier.
Meera Inimai and Overpass laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Meera InimaiOverpass…
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 Meera Inimai 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
Meera Inimai 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 Meera Inimai, and can you use it?
- Designer
- SMC
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2016
- Character sets
- latin, tamil
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Meera Inimai 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
- Most likely. Under More fonts, in Sheets and Slides too. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Yes. Built in, nothing to install. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Meera Inimai, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Meera Inimai under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Meera Inimai, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 51.6% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 71.3% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.72lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 49.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 43%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.11 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 70% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Meera Inimai
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Overpass78Nearly identical proportions
- Radio Canada Big7614% heavier
- Estedad768% wider · more stroke contrast · 13% lighter
- Vend Sans75x-height 7% taller · 4% wider
- Roboto73Nearly identical proportions
- Plainsound Semi Condensed734% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Meera Inimai →Compare side by side →Get Meera Inimai on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Meera Inimai without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Overpass78text 2.1% wider · x-height 0.9% shorter
- Radio Canada Big76text 2.0% wider · x-height 2.8% taller
- Roboto73text 1.5% wider · x-height 2.5% taller
- Gothic A172text 2.9% wider · x-height 1.9% taller
- Ronzino71text 2.4% wider · x-height 3.2% taller
- Rag Narrow71text 2.9% narrower · x-height 0.9% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Meera Inimai loads, this sets Arial in its place at 99% of its size, so running text keeps Meera Inimai’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Meera Inimai Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 99.01%;
ascent-override: 97.93%;
descent-override: 59.17%;
line-gap-override: 9.07%;
}
font-family: 'Meera Inimai', 'Meera Inimai Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Meera Inimai
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Meera Inimai free for commercial use?
Yes. Meera Inimai is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.
How do I download and install Meera Inimai?
FontKind doesn’t host Meera Inimai’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Meera Inimai in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Meera Inimai isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Meera Inimai in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Meera Inimai under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Meera Inimai in Figma?
Yes: Meera Inimai is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Meera Inimai have?
Meera Inimai 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 Meera Inimai?
Meera Inimai was designed by SMC. It has been on Google Fonts since May 2016. SMC also made Gayathri and Chilanka.
What fonts are similar to Meera Inimai?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Overpass (78), Radio Canada Big (76) and Estedad (76), out of 100. Next to Meera Inimai, Overpass has nearly identical proportions. See all 100 fonts like Meera Inimai.