Display · Eric Mourier
Mourier
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CSSfont-family: 'Mourier', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Mourier is a free display font by Eric Mourier, from Velvetyne. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Mourier has an x-height taller than 87%, is wider than 94% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Borges
Mourier on one light table with its two closest fonts, Borges (100 out of 100) and Alien Block (67). Borges is 25% wider and 17% heavier, with an x-height 21% shorter; Alien Block is 97% heavier and 6% narrower, with an x-height 23% shorter.
Mourier and Borges laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with MourierBorges…
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 Mourier 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
Mourier 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 Mourier, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Eric Mourier
- 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 “Mourier”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Mourier 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 Mourier 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 Mourier, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Mourier under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Mourier, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 70.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 1.00lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 80.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 51%letter box filled
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 87% of display faces
WidthWider than 94% of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Mourier
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Borges10025% wider · x-height 21% shorter · 17% heavier
- Alien Block6797% heavier · x-height 23% shorter · 6% narrower
- Trmnl Cubic6725% wider · x-height 21% shorter · 14% lighter
- Honk6639% narrower · x-height 31% shorter · 6% lighter
- Sixtyfour Convergence6125% wider · x-height 13% shorter · 18% lighter
- Sixtyfour6125% wider · x-height 13% shorter · 18% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Mourier →Compare side by side →Get Mourier on Velvetyne
07 / Swap
Swap Mourier without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Mourier sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Mourier loads, this sets Arial in its place at 179.1% of its size, so running text keeps Mourier’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Mourier Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 179.09%;
ascent-override: 55.84%;
descent-override: 11.17%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Mourier', 'Mourier Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Mourier
Answered from its licence, Velvetyne and each app’s own font list
Is Mourier free for commercial use?
Yes. Mourier 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 “Mourier”.
How do I download and install Mourier?
Mourier 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 Mourier in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Mourier 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 Mourier have?
Mourier 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 Mourier?
Mourier was designed by Eric Mourier.
What fonts are similar to Mourier?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Borges (100), Alien Block (67) and Trmnl Cubic (67), out of 100. Next to Mourier, Borges is 25% wider and 17% heavier, with an x-height 21% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Mourier.