If you have any requests for changes in the Merriweather get ‘em in quick because the new version (1.3) is almost done. When it is I will post a guide to what is new & improved or simply different.
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- Merriweather Serif Italics are live now on Google Fonts. google.com/fonts/specimen… 1 day ago
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What’s keeping me from using Merriweather straight away in place of Georgia? No real italic. Would love to hear if it’s in the pipeline. Thanks.
An italic is on the way. It will arrive after the Roman Sans Serif is done.
No feature requests—you’ve already mentioned my wish list on the blog (delta hinting, italics, sans-serif). In order of importance, delta hinting is the most important feature for ; I discuss why on my blog at http://ags2.vk.tj
I really think MerriWeather is a beautiful printing font and I think it has a lot of potential to become the open-source answer to Georgia. My only regret is that I’m currently not in a financial position to help compensate you for all of the hard work you have been doing making this really great font.
Delta hinting of the current version is in progress now. I will post again here as soon as it is in to Google.
No delta hinting; I explain why this in important in the link I provided.
Oh, another thing: I think the question mark could use a redesign; it looks like a question mark that belongs in Comic Sans, not a more reserved serif font.
I’ll think about the question mark. The problem is that I have heard from many people that it is one of the features they like best so I am on the fence about it. Still, I’ll give it some thought.
Great news! Just a single thing: I think you probably noticed it, but the colon glyph for the bold weight appears as a mid dot.
There must have been a mix up with some files between me and Google. There will be an update again in the coming week. Thanks for pointing this out! Bugs must be killed.
Hi Eben, I’m still having trouble with the colon glyph in the bold variant.
Would it be possible to take a look at this?
Wow! I gave them a fix a long time ago.
I will see if I can get this sorted out as soon as possible. Thanks for the heads up!
BTW – an even newer version with better rendering is in the works now along with Italic and Sans.
Italic is coming, really? I’m looking forward to that!
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Wow! That’s great to see. Thanks!
Italic and bold italic. Both are needed. They are needed more then a new version (IMHO).
I don’t disagree, but there is a process to these things I have to follow or the work quadruples. I will be working on Sans next because of this process. What would help me a little is if you let me know what font’s italics you feel are the most successful. Put differently which fonts pairing of italic and roman work best for you? Why? Also, are you using this for print or on screen?
Italics is the main thing for me as well. I would LOVE to use this typeface for a site I’m working on, but italics is the deal breaker.
Thanks for letting me know!
Hi!
Thanks for the great font! Any updates on the with the colon glyph in the bold variant? I still get a single point, not a colon :/
The release of the new Merriweather has been delayed by a change in the strategy for getting you a really properly optimized experience in Windows ( XP 7, 8 etc). Google has been funding a piece of hinting software and this became mature enough that it represented a better way to hint Merriweather ( and the other Sorkin type fonts ). Exciting as this was it meant that the design and specifically the weight of the regular had to be re-adjusted. This process is almost done now. I am hoping you will have not just a fully hinted set of upright roman Merriweather types but also the italic which is coming along very well now. I will post about both of these shortly.
Same request here on the colon in the bold version (for desktop use). Also an alternate “lining” number set would be awesome. When the content is heavy on numbers sometimes it’s a bit much to have the oldstyle dropped numbers.
There will definitely be lining figures in the licensable print and webfont versions. The fix the colon in the bold will be free and is getting closer all the time. I am excited to have the new rendering and the italics out!
The problem with the colon will be resolved in the next release. Having multiple styles of numbers will be a something that is found in the commercially licensable version.
Sorry for the long delay! My studio has put something like 12 new fonts into Google web fonts in the last two months so the competition for time has been intense.
Recent releases include Capriola, Cougette, and Amarante.
Releases you will see soon include Tauri, Calistoga, Kavoon, Fruktur, and Arbutus Slab.
There are six bugs in the Czech characters. bit.ly/MLw8xz
Could you check it please? Thank you.
There is a new version coming with support for Czech and Slovak. The bugs you see may be the browser trying to offer you letters that are not in the current version. But would you tell me what the six bugs are? I is possible I may have missed something.