Sans serif · Aleme Tadesse
Menbere
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CSSfont-family: 'Menbere', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Menbere is a free sans serif by Aleme Tadesse, Sorkin Type and Eben Sorkin, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Menbere has an x-height taller than 89%, is wider than 80% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 68%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Lunasima
Menbere on one light table with its two closest fonts, Lunasima (90 out of 100) and Open Sans (85). Lunasima is 14% lighter, with an x-height 8% shorter; Open Sans is 15% lighter and 5% narrower, with an x-height 6% shorter.
Menbere and Lunasima laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with MenbereLunasima…
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 Menbere 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 / Weights
Menbere in 7 weights
7 weights, 100–700 · variable from 100 to 700
Variable weight, 100 to 700
- 100 Thin
- 200 Extra light
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Who made Menbere, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Aleme Tadesse, Sorkin Type, Eben Sorkin
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 7 weights, 100–700
- Variable axes
- Weight 100–700
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- Character sets
- ethiopic, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- 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.
Menbere 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 Menbere, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Menbere under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Menbere, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 57.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 75.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 54.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 45%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.23 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 89% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 80% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 68% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 63% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Menbere
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Menbere's letters under another nameNoto SansNoto Sans Display
- Lunasima90x-height 8% shorter · 14% lighter
- Open Sans8515% lighter · x-height 6% shorter · 5% narrower
- Tauri7813% heavier · 4% narrower
- DejaVu Sans7712% lighter · x-height 4% shorter
- Zamero Sans77x-height 12% shorter · 10% heavier
- Merriweather Sans76more stroke contrast · 7% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Menbere →Compare side by side →Get Menbere on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Menbere without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Nobile70text 1.9% narrower · same x-height
- Biryani64text 0.8% narrower · x-height 3.0% shorter
- Junction64text 2.1% narrower · x-height 3.5% shorter
- BDO Grotesk63text 0.9% narrower · x-height 0.9% shorter
- Sintony59text 0.5% wider · same x-height
- Encode Sans Expanded57text 2.7% wider · x-height 4.8% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Menbere loads, this sets Arial in its place at 111% of its size, so running text keeps Menbere’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Menbere Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 111.04%;
ascent-override: 110.68%;
descent-override: 30.44%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Menbere', 'Menbere Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Menbere
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Menbere free for commercial use?
Yes. Menbere 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 Menbere?
FontKind doesn’t host Menbere’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds one variable file for every style, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Menbere in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Menbere isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Menbere Thin and Menbere SemiBold. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Menbere in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Menbere under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Menbere in Figma?
Yes: Menbere is in Figma’s font menu with all seven weights, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Menbere have?
Menbere comes in seven weights, from Thin (100) to Bold (700). It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 100 to 700.
Who designed Menbere?
Menbere was designed by Aleme Tadesse, Sorkin Type and Eben Sorkin. It has been on Google Fonts since June 2025. Sorkin Type also made Merriweather, Fjalla One, Merriweather Sans and nine more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Menbere?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Lunasima (90), Open Sans (85) and Tauri (78), out of 100. Next to Menbere, Lunasima is 14% lighter, with an x-height 8% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Menbere.