Merriweather
Merriweather is a serif font in 7 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 8% wider than the typical serif font. Last updated 2 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Merriweather
Most PDFs embed only the letters they already use. Type a new letter and many editors either refuse or swap in a different font. MythosPDF recognises Merriweather from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Merriweather itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 559.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 688 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 237 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 33% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
- Merriweather Light Italic
- Merriweather Light
- Merriweather Italic
- Merriweather Regular
- Merriweather Medium Italic
- Merriweather Medium
- Merriweather SemiBold Italic
- Merriweather SemiBold
- Merriweather Bold Italic
- Merriweather Bold
- Merriweather ExtraBold Italic
- Merriweather ExtraBold
- Merriweather Black Italic
- Merriweather Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Merriweather
Measured on every printable character both fonts contain. A smaller difference means the same words take the same space, so lines break in the same places.
- Martel Regularsimilar widths (29.4 units)
- Merriweather Sans Regularloosely similar widths (35.7 units)
- Commissioner Regularloosely similar widths (37.5 units)
- IBM Plex Serif Regularloosely similar widths (38.5 units)
- Work Sans Regularloosely similar widths (38.8 units)
- Solway Regularloosely similar widths (39 units)
- REM Regularloosely similar widths (39.4 units)
- Andada Pro Regularloosely similar widths (39.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Merriweather?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Merriweather itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Merriweather free to use?
Merriweather is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, an open licence that allows free use in documents, including commercial ones. Check the licence text for your exact use.
+Which font is closest to Merriweather?
By measured letter widths, Martel is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 29.4 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Merriweather support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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