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Fonts similar to Merriweather Sans

The fonts most like Merriweather Sans are Tauri (89 out of 100), Martel Sans (80) and Proza Libre (80), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 46–57% of the em (Merriweather Sans’s is 56%) and lowercase letters 45–58% of the em wide (55%), and all twelve are sans serifs too. Where they differ, most are lighter (eight of twelve).

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  1. 89match · #1

    Tauri

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    4% narrower

    Differs most from Merriweather Sans in 6, 4, and M

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  2. 80match · #2

    Martel Sans

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    18% lighter · x-height 4% shorter

    Differs most from Merriweather Sans in 4, M, and 1

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  3. 80match · #3

    Proza Libre

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    16% lighter · x-height 7% shorter

    Differs most from Merriweather Sans in o, 4, and z

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  4. 79match · #4

    Murecho

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    10% narrower · x-height 7% shorter · 13% lighter

    Differs most from Merriweather Sans in 4, p, and q

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  5. 77match · #5

    Telex

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    x-height 8% shorter · 11% lighter · 4% narrower

    Differs most from Merriweather Sans in 4, g, and 6

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  6. 76match · #6

    Menbere

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    less stroke contrast · 7% lighter

    Differs most from Merriweather Sans in d, I, and 4

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  7. 75match · #7

    Allerta

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    7% wider

    Differs most from Merriweather Sans in 4, 0, and 6

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  8. 75match · #8

    Junction

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    18% lighter · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Merriweather Sans in 4, 6, and P

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  9. 73match · #9

    Duru Sans

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    27% lighter · 5% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Merriweather Sans in l, 4, and 6

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  10. 73match · #10

    Average Sans

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    x-height 18% shorter · 17% narrower

    Differs most from Merriweather Sans in 4, 3, and 6

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  11. 73match · #11

    Bagnard Sans

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    more stroke contrast · x-height 14% shorter · 3% narrower

    Differs most from Merriweather Sans in G, 4, and h

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  12. 72match · #12

    Voces

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    x-height 7% shorter · 11% lighter · 4% narrower

    Differs most from Merriweather Sans in 4, g, and Q

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The 100 fonts like Merriweather Sans, measured

Merriweather Sans has a taller x-height than most fonts like it: 76 of the 100 have a shorter x-height and 4 a taller one. What they keep most is Merriweather Sans’s width: 30 are within 3% of it, Martel Sans the closest of them. 99 are sans serifs like Merriweather Sans, and 1 display font comes close too: Expletus Sans. They part from Merriweather Sans most often in 4 (59 of the 100), 6 (41) and g (20).

  • WidthMerriweather Sans: 55% of the em

    61 narrower
    Tauri 89 · 4% narrower
    Murecho 79 · 10% narrower
    30 within 3%
    Martel Sans 80 · 1.3% narrower
    Proza Libre 80 · 0.4% wider
    9 wider
    Allerta 75 · 7% wider
    Duru Sans 73 · 5% wider
  • x-heightMerriweather Sans: 56% of the em

    76 shorter
    Martel Sans 80 · x-height 4% shorter
    Proza Libre 80 · x-height 7% shorter
    20 within 3%
    Tauri 89 · x-height 0.5% shorter
    Menbere 76 · x-height 2.3% taller
    4 taller
    Farro 58 · x-height 8% taller
    Armata 58 · x-height 4% taller
  • InkMerriweather Sans: 48% ink

    72 lighter
    Martel Sans 80 · 18% lighter
    Proza Libre 80 · 16% lighter
    19 within 6%
    Tauri 89 · 5.2% heavier
    Allerta 75 · 4.9% lighter
    9 heavier
    Doppio One 63 · 9% heavier
    Secular One 62 · 24% heavier
  • ContrastMerriweather Sans: 1.46 : 1

    67 less contrast
    Menbere 76 · less stroke contrast
    Junction 75 · less stroke contrast
    29 within 12%
    Tauri 89
    Martel Sans 80
    4 more contrast
    Bagnard Sans 73 · more stroke contrast
    Federo 56 · more stroke contrast
  • StylesMerriweather Sans: 6 weights with italics

    29 in more weights
    Martel Sans 80 · 7 weights
    Murecho 79 · 9 weights
  • LettersWhere they differ most

    1. 459 of 100
    2. 641 of 100
    3. g20 of 100

Questions about fonts like Merriweather Sans

What is the closest font to Merriweather Sans?

Tauri, at 89 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Merriweather Sans, it is 4% narrower. After it come Martel Sans (80) and Proza Libre (80).

Is there a free alternative to Merriweather Sans?

Merriweather Sans is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Tauri, Martel Sans and Proza Libre come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Tauri sets running text 0.6% wider, with an x-height 0.5% shorter.