Fonts similar to Merriweather

The 100 fonts like Merriweather, measured

Merriweather has a taller x-height than almost all the fonts like it: 93 of the 100 have a shorter x-height and 3 a taller one. What they keep most is Merriweather’s weight on the page: 38 are within 6% of it, Donegal One the closest of them. 99 are serifs like Merriweather, and 1 sans serif comes close too: Bpmf Zihi Kai Std. They part from Merriweather most often in 4 (75 of the 100), L (50) and Z (22).

• WidthMerriweather: 56% of the em

  63 narrower

  Libre Caslon Text 78 · 3% narrower

  Alike 78 · 7% narrower

  31 within 3%

  Martel 100 · 1.8% wider

  Volkhov 82 · 0.5% wider

  6 wider

  Tienne 72 · 5% wider

  Headland One 72 · 6% wider

• x-heightMerriweather: 56% of the em

  93 shorter

  Volkhov 82 · x-height 10% shorter

  Donegal One 80 · x-height 10% shorter

  4 within 3%

  Martel 100 · x-height 1.6% shorter

  Domine 76 · x-height 2.7% shorter

  3 taller

  Headland One 72 · x-height 5% taller

  Fauna One 53 · x-height 3% taller

• InkMerriweather: 45% ink

  53 lighter

  Martel 100 · 17% lighter

  Bespoke Serif 80 · 12% lighter

  38 within 6%

  Donegal One 80 · 2.9% heavier

  Libre Caslon Text 78 · 5.7% lighter

  9 heavier

  Volkhov 82 · 11% heavier

  Idiqlat 65 · 36% heavier

• ContrastMerriweather: 2.03 : 1

  32 less contrast

  Hahmlet 77 · less stroke contrast

  Noticia Text 74 · less stroke contrast

  30 within 12%

  Martel 100

  Donegal One 80

  38 more contrast

  Volkhov 82 · more stroke contrast

  Adamina 79 · more stroke contrast

• StylesMerriweather: 7 weights with italics

  13 in more weights

  Hahmlet 77 · 9 weights

  Bitter 70 · 9 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. 475 of 100
  2. L50 of 100
  3. Z22 of 100