# Merriweather Sans font

> The low-contrast, semi-condensed sans companion to Merriweather, drawn to stay readable at very small sizes.

Merriweather Sans is a semi-condensed, low-contrast sans serif designed by Eben Sorkin of Sorkin Type for reading at very small sizes. Merriweather Sans is a variable font with a weight axis from 300 to 800, six named weights and italics, 12 styles in all. It is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Sorkin Type
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 12 (Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 300–800)
- Glyphs: 1163
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-16
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Merriweather+Sans
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/merriweather-sans
- Tagged for: Body text, Interfaces, Editorial

## About Merriweather Sans

Merriweather Sans is a sans serif text family that Eben Sorkin designed for comfortable reading at very small sizes. Its makers point to four traits, a large x-height, somewhat condensed letters, open forms and a mild diagonal stress, and call it traditional in feeling despite shapes adapted to screens. The specimen agrees: stroke ends are sheared at an angle, the a is two-storey, and the letters are narrow enough to fit a long name on one line. The family is a variable font with a weight axis from 300 to 800. Six weights are named, Light to ExtraBold, each with an italic, for 12 styles. The fonts hold 1,163 glyphs and cover Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. It was built to harmonise with the serif Merriweather family. The license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2019 The Merriweather Project Authors (https://github.com/SorkinType/Merriweather-Sans) with Reserved Font Name 'Merriweather'

Allowed:
- Use the fonts in personal and commercial work, in print, on the web and in apps.
- Modify the fonts and build new versions from them.
- Redistribute the fonts, on their own or bundled with software, as long as the license text and copyright notice go with them.

Conditions:
- The fonts cannot be sold by themselves.
- A modified version must stay under the same license and cannot use a Reserved Font Name without the copyright holder's permission.
- The authors' names cannot be used to promote a modified version without permission.

Summary only, not legal advice. Full text: https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/

## Where it works

- **Small interface text**: A large x-height and open forms were chosen so that labels, hints and legal lines stay readable when set tiny.
- **Narrow columns and mobile layouts**: Slightly condensed letters fit more words per line on a phone screen or in a sidebar.
- **Sans companion to a serif text**: Weights and styles were drawn to harmonise with Merriweather, so captions and navigation can sit beside serif paragraphs.
- **Body copy with real italics**: All six weights have a drawn italic, which covers emphasis at Light as well as at ExtraBold.

## Things to know

- **Range is Light to ExtraBold**: The weight axis covers 300 to 800. There is no Thin and no Black.
- **No Cyrillic**: No Cyrillic subset is present, so the letters needed for Russian are not among the character sets.
- **Style count has grown**: The official description still speaks of an earlier, smaller set of styles; the current fonts name six weights in roman and italic.

## FAQs

### Is Merriweather Sans free for commercial use?

Yes. Merriweather Sans is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows use in personal and commercial work, modification and redistribution. The fonts cannot be sold on their own, and modified versions stay under the same license.

### Who designed Merriweather Sans?

Merriweather Sans was designed by Eben Sorkin and is credited to Sorkin Type.

### How many weights does Merriweather Sans have?

Merriweather Sans has six weights, Light 300 to ExtraBold 800, each with an italic, which makes 12 styles.

### Is Merriweather Sans a variable font?

Yes. Merriweather Sans is a variable font with one variable axis, weight, from 300 to 800, in upright and italic files.

### Which languages does Merriweather Sans support?

Merriweather Sans includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Turkish, Polish, Romanian and Vietnamese.

### What fonts pair well with Merriweather Sans?

Merriweather, the serif family by the same designer, is the intended partner: Merriweather Sans was drawn to harmonise with its weights and styles.

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