Merriweather Sans
Merriweather Sans is a sans serif font in 6 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 5% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Merriweather Sans
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 Sans from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Merriweather Sans itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 547.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 656.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 180 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 30% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
- Merriweather Sans Light Italic
- Merriweather Sans Light
- Merriweather Sans Italic
- Merriweather Sans Regular
- Merriweather Sans Medium Italic
- Merriweather Sans Medium
- Merriweather Sans SemiBold Italic
- Merriweather Sans SemiBold
- Merriweather Sans Bold Italic
- Merriweather Sans Bold
- Merriweather Sans ExtraBold Italic
- Merriweather Sans ExtraBold
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Merriweather Sans
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 Regularloosely similar widths (35.7 units)
- ADLaM Display Regularloosely similar widths (36.2 units)
- Merriweather Regularloosely similar widths (36.8 units)
- Murecho Regularloosely similar widths (37.9 units)
- Proza Libre Regularloosely similar widths (40.3 units)
- Zalando Sans Regularloosely similar widths (41.3 units)
- Quantico Regularloosely similar widths (41.5 units)
- Momo Trust Sans Regularloosely similar widths (41.6 units)
Compare Merriweather Sans
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Merriweather Sans?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Merriweather Sans itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Merriweather Sans free to use?
Merriweather Sans 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 Sans?
By measured letter widths, Martel is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 35.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Merriweather Sans support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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