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Merriweather vs Edgar
Merriweather provides Edgar's reading comfort with optimizations for screen rendering. At 74% similarity, it trades old-style refinement for robust screen legibility. Choose Merriweather when the primary output is screens rather than print.
Design DNA
Design overlap:14%
Merriweather
Edgar
Highlighted traits are shared between both fonts
Visual Comparison
Merriweather
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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
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Edgar
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Feature Comparison
| Feature | Merriweather | Edgar |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Free | Premium |
| Classification | serif | serif |
| Variable Font | No | No |
| Weights | 300, 400, 700, 900 | Multiple |
| Italics | Yes | Yes |
| License | OFL-1.1 | Commercial License Required |
| Language Support | latin, latin-extended, cyrillic, cyrillic-extended | latin, latin-extended |
| Source | Google Fonts | Frere-Jones Type |
Best Use Cases
Typography suited for magazines, newspapers, and long-form content. Editorial fo...
Typography for print and digital publishing, book design, and editorial producti...
Typography for established businesses, enterprise software, and professional ser...
Fonts that establish strong brand identity with distinctive character and versat...
Typography for newspaper design, print journalism, and daily publications. Newsp...
Typography for magazine design, periodicals, and print publications. Magazine fo...
Typography optimized for extended reading, book publishing, and literary content...
Typography optimized for websites, landing pages, and web applications. Web font...
Typography for academic papers, research publications, and scholarly documents. ...
Performance Comparison
| Metric | Merriweather | Edgar |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 33/100 | N/A |
| File Size | 674.4 KB | N/A |
| Weights | 4 | N/A |
| Italics | Yes | N/A |
| Variable Font | No | N/A |
| Language Groups | 4 | N/A |
| CDN Delivery | Yes | N/A |
| x-Height Ratio | 0.556 | N/A |
| Cap Height Ratio | 0.743 | N/A |
Which Should You Choose?
Recommended: Merriweather
- Shares Edgar's retro character
- Particularly suited for web body text and screen-first publications
- Supports 4 scripts including cyrillic and cyrillic-extended
- Delivers a classic, professional, heritage aesthetic
- Popular in legal-law and education-academia design
Consider: Edgar
- Original design with refined typographic details
- Designed specifically for editorial and publishing
- Commercial license with professional support
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