- A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
- The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
- A shared mood: calm
- The body font is made for reading
Murecho
About the font
Murecho is a free font by Neil Summerour, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 398 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 52% of the em and the capital height is 73%.
Murecho is a sans-serif font by Neil Summerour, made for Japanese text settings and covering Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. It also supports Latin and Cyrillic scripts and Chinese characters. The family has 9 styles spanning weights from 100 to 900 and is a variable font. It contains 4656 glyphs and is free to use under the OFL-1.1 license.
Author
Neil Summerour
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
4656
Character and uses
- Mood
- calm
- technical
- Design
- monoline
- geometric
- Good for
Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.
Supported languages
Murecho has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 398 languages of the 1069 we checked (language data: Google Fonts). The biggest languages come first.
- English
- Russian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- German
- French
- Turkish
- Swahili
- Indonesian
- Japanese
- Javanese
- Italian
- Filipino
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Polish
- Oromo
- Sundanese
- Dutch
- Yoruba
- Cebuano
- Kurdish
- Malagasy
- Romanian
- Nyanja
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- Somali
- Zulu
- Czech
- Swedish
- Hungarian
- Greek
- Shona
- Low German
- Kinyarwanda
- Wolof
- Congo Swahili
- Turkmen
- Iloko
- Xhosa
- Luba-Lulua
- Umbundu
- Afrikaans
- Hiligaynon
- Kikuyu
- Haitian Creole
- Catalan
- Kimbundu
- Serbian(Latin)
- Minangkabau
- Swiss German
- Bulgarian
- Rundi
- Serbian(Cyrillic)
- Danish
- Wolaytta
- Albanian
- Croatian
- Slovak
- Southern Sotho
- Tswana
- Luyia
- Finnish
- Ganda
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bemba
- Northern Sotho
- Luo
- Tok Pisin
- Sukuma
- Tsonga
- Balinese
- Romany
- Norwegian
- Kamba
- Kalenjin
- Banjar
- Makhuwa
- Bosnian(Cyrillic)
- Bosnian(Latin)
- Sidamo
- Acehnese
- Galician
- Tiv
- Bikol
- Waray
- Efik
- Sango
- Aymara
- Nyankole
- Hmong
- Jamaican Creole English
- Gusii
- Pampanga
- Beja
- Batak Toba
- Lithuanian
- Chiga
- Soga
- Swati
- Tumbuka
- Meru
- Afar
- Occitan
- Chadian Arabic
- Slovenian
- Scots
- North Ndebele
- Macedonian
- Acoli
…and 290 more languages that are not listed here.
Special characters
Characters people often look for. “Included” means the font has all signs of the group.
- Kazakhstani Tenge — Not included
- Russian Ruble — Included
- Euro — Included
- Turkish Lira — Not included
- Ukrainian Hryvnia — Not included
- Indian Rupee — Included
- British Pound — Included
- Japanese Yen — Included
- US Dollar — Included
- Yo (Ё ё) — Included
- Numero sign — Included
- Guillemets (angle quotes) — Included
- En and em dashes — Included
- Ellipsis — Included
- Legal marks (© ® ™) — Included
- Arrows — Included
- Math signs — Included
Characteristics
- Mapped characters
- 4450
- x-height
- 52% of the em
- Capital height
- 73% of the em
- Version
- 1.010
- Embedding in documents
- Allowed
OpenType features
Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.
- Kerning
kern - Fractions
frac - Case-sensitive forms
case - Superscript
sups - Subscript
subs - Ordinals
ordn
License at a glance
A plain summary, not legal advice. What counts is the license text that comes with the download.
OFL-1.1
- Commercial projects
- Allowed
- Embedding on a website
- Allowed
- Modifying the font
- Allowed, with conditions
- Sharing the font
- Allowed, with conditions
- Credit and notices
- Keep the notices when you share the font
- Selling the font on its own
- Not allowed
Under the SIL Open Font License a modified font must stay under the same license and may not use the original name if the author reserved it. The font may be bundled with software but not sold by itself.
Read the license textHow to install
Install the .ttf or .otf files, not both versions of the same font; unzip the archive first.
Windows
- Unzip the archive.
- Right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install.
- Restart your program.
macOS
- Unzip the archive.
- Double-click the .ttf or .otf file.
- Click Install Font in the window that opens.
Linux
- Unzip the archive.
- Copy the files to ~/.local/share/fonts.
- Run fc-cache -f -v and restart your program.
Facts and sources
- Where the font comes from
- fonts.google.com/specimen/Murecho
- Designer’s page
- positype.com
- Language data
- Google Fonts Languages
- Page last updated
FAQ
Is the Murecho font free to use?
Yes. Murecho is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.
Does Murecho support Cyrillic?
Yes, Murecho includes Cyrillic glyphs.
How many languages does Murecho support?
Murecho covers 398 of the 1069 languages we checked: it has every letter of their basic alphabets, in both cases. The full list is in the Supported languages section of this page.
Is Murecho a variable font?
Yes. Murecho is a variable font: weight and other properties change smoothly inside one file instead of needing a separate file for each style.
How do I install Murecho?
Download the family archive and unzip it. On Windows, right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install; on macOS, double-click the file and click Install Font. Restart your program afterwards. Step-by-step guides are in the Guides section.
Who created Murecho?
Murecho was created by Neil Summerour.
What is Murecho good for?
Judging by its design, Murecho suits: interfaces, body text, headings.
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- The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
- A shared mood: calm
- The body font is made for reading
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