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The updated serifed roman has been added to Google web fonts

The updated serifed roman has been added to Google web fonts. This version renders better than the previous one did and has many fixes. A final update with hinting for windows along with a sans serif Merriweather is what is … Continue reading

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Got any requests?

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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Missing weights in IE

There is also a problem that the lightest and heaviest weights do not render in IE even in the latest version on Windows 7. This isn’t a problem with the fonts per se. Not at all – I know this … Continue reading

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A new edition is coming with a raft of improvements

The next edition will contain: • even more glyphs than before • altered diacritics to solve for a problem in MS Word on Windows • letter shape and spacing refinements and hopefully a solution for a problem that the Regular … Continue reading

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New weights!

There are new weights of Merriweather at Google Web fonts! http://www.google.com/webfonts/family?family=Merriweather&subset=latin#variants I expect to update what is there again fairly soon and to add additional hinting. Work on the sans serif has also begun.

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About the delay and what is coming next.

I promised VTT hinted Merriweather some time ago now. I need to explain why you don’t have them, what is happening now, and what to expect next. The primary reason for the delay was the formation of a new company … Continue reading

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New fonts coming soon!

A new edition of Merriweather is coming in the form of 3 fonts. There will be a new improved Regular, a Light, and a Bold. The Regular and the Light are alpha releases which I don’t expect to revise. The … Continue reading

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An update the the font is coming soon!

An update to the font is coming soon! There will also be a new post about how the next version of Merriweather is different ( and better! ) and how it looks in a variety of browsers and applications. I … Continue reading

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Why and how I am making Merriweather

When I proposed the design of Merriweather to Google it was with the goal of creating a workhorse text typeface for the web. I wanted to make something as legible and pleasant to read as possible which meant adapting the … Continue reading

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You can make Merriweather better.

You can make Merriweather better. And by better I mean better for you and what you want to use it for. There are two ways to do this: # 1 Ask for what you want! If you are Using Merrweather … Continue reading

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