# Fonts Like Merriweather

12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Merriweather, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Merriweather is Yrsa (similarity 83), then Source Serif 4 and Bitter. Yrsa is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.

## Ranked Open Lookalikes (12 Fonts)

| Rank | Font | Similarity Score | Licence | Details |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| #1 | **Yrsa** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/yrsa/](/fonts/yrsa.md) |
| #2 | **Source Serif 4** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/source-serif-4/](/fonts/source-serif-4.md) |
| #3 | **Bitter** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/bitter/](/fonts/bitter.md) |
| #4 | **Volkhov** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/volkhov/](/fonts/volkhov.md) |
| #5 | **Charis SIL** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/charis-sil/](/fonts/charis-sil.md) |
| #6 | **Faustina** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/faustina/](/fonts/faustina.md) |
| #7 | **Literata** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/literata/](/fonts/literata.md) |
| #8 | **Alike** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alike/](/fonts/alike.md) |
| #9 | **Brawler** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/brawler/](/fonts/brawler.md) |
| #10 | **Merriweather Sans** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/merriweather-sans/](/fonts/merriweather-sans.md) |
| #11 | **Tienne** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tienne/](/fonts/tienne.md) |
| #12 | **Noto Serif** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-serif/](/fonts/noto-serif.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Markazi Text** (Arab): Similarity 80, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/markazi-text/](/fonts/markazi-text.md)
- **Kadwa** (Deva): Similarity 78, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/kadwa/](/fonts/kadwa.md)
- **Martel** (Deva): Similarity 77, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/martel/](/fonts/martel.md)

## Scoring Method

62 letters and digits (A-Z a-z 0-9) rendered at 160px cap height on a 32x32 grid with 3px gaussian blur, combined with edge-orientation texture (15% weight). Scores are normalized so that 0 represents an average pair of fonts across the 1571 compared fonts, and 100 represents identical letter shapes. Computed on 2026-10-22 using glyph-shape + edge-texture v2.

## Machine API

JSON representation available at [/api/fonts-like/merriweather.json](/api/fonts-like/merriweather.json).