RANK #09 86% MATCH

Merriweather × Manrope

serif  +  sans-serif

Merriweather's sturdy, readable serif headings over Manrope's clean geometric body is a confident classic-meets-modern system — the serif gives the headline weight and authority while Manrope keeps the body crisp, with g...

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Match scores

How Merriweather and Manrope score across four checks — class contrast, role clarity, x-height harmony and mood affinity. Higher is better.

COMPOSITE MATCH
86 /100
Strong match
Class contrast 88
Role clarity 86
X-height harmony 86
Mood affinity 84
WHY IT WORKS
Structure meets readability

Merriweather's sturdy, readable serif headings over Manrope's clean geometric body is a confident classic-meets-modern system — the serif gives the headline weight and authority while Manrope keeps the body crisp, with generous x-heights on both keeping the sizes in sync.

Where it shines

News, content and corporate sites wanting an authoritative serif headline over a modern body.

Where to be careful

Merriweather is dark in colour — push heading size so it leads clearly over Manrope's even body.

THE TYPEFACES
Meet the pair
Ag HEADING
Merriweather
serif · Eben Sorkin · 2011
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Light Regular Medium SemiBold Bold ExtraBold
BEST FOR Headlines, labels, UI
Ag BODY
Manrope
sans-serif · Mikhail Sharanda · 2019
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
ExtraLight Light Regular Medium SemiBold Bold
BEST FOR Body text, quotes, long reads
GET THE PAIR
Drop it into your project

Add the fonts, then two rules — Merriweather for headings, Manrope for everything you read.

index.html
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Merriweather:wght@500;700&family=Manrope:wght@400;500&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
styles.css
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: "Merriweather", sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}

body, p {
  font-family: "Manrope", serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.7;
}
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